United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of
Administration and
Resources Management
July 1388
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Training Catalogue
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INSTITUTE
EPA
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Catalogue
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Foreword
The EPA Institute was established by an October
1985 directive of Administrator Lee M. Thomas.
Since its inception, the Institute has provided in-
house training to EPA employees. Under this in-
novative concept, EPA employees are trained to
share their expertise with others in program-
specific and generic courses.
Recently, the EPA Institute concept was expanded
to encompass all training activities that are avail-
able to EPA employees. Our intent is to provide
Agency personnel a single source for information
about training and developmental opportunities.
The Institute will also serve as the focal point for
delivery of training to the States.
In issuing this catalogue, the Institute is taking a
significant step in fulfilling its expanded mission.
Included here are not only courses sponsored by
the Institute but training programs from
numerous sources, on topics ranging from
employee wellness to dispersion modeling. The
broad scope of the catalogue is testimony to the
variety of training available to Agency employees
and to the growing recognition of the importance
of a well-trained workforce.
We hope you find this catalogue a useful tool for
taking advantage of the wide variety of training
opportunities available to you. If you have any
suggestions for improving this catalogue, please
let us know.
Charles L. Grizzle
Assistant Administrator
Office of Administration and
Resources Management
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Introduction
Purpose
This catalogue Illustrates the variety of training
available within the Environmental Protection
Agency today. It is the first document of its kind
within the Agency, and while every effort has been
made to be as inclusive as possible, it makes no
claim to be exhaustive. The catalogue was com-
piled from catalogues and course listings from
every identifiable source—Regions, program of-
fices, the Air Pollution Training Institute, and so
on.
In the time it takes to make a compilation such as
this, course offerings change. A printed catalogue
cannot keep up with these changes. In the near
future, an automated catalogue will be available
that will include more detail and can be more easi-
ly updated.
This catalogue can serve as an important
resource. Users looking for training in a particular
field may find training possibilities of which they
were previously unaware. Users who have some
training responsibilities may find another region
has developed a course that would be helpful in
their own areas. A phone call to the appropriate
training office may cut development time and cost
considerably.
The intended audience for this catalogue is
primarily EPA employees. However, States and re-
lated associations will also find the catalogue a
useful tool in the areas of "Science and Technol-
ogy." Non-EPA employees should contact the local
training office or sponsor for more information
about those courses.
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How To Use This Catalogue
Courses are listed In alphabetical order within
broad subject areas: Science and Technology
(with various subcategories); Legal, Regulatory
and Enforcement; Health and Safety; Manage-
ment Development; Communications; Contracts
and Finance; Personal and Professional Develop-
ment; Secretarial and Support Staff Development;
and Computers/ADP. A separate chapter lists cor-
respondence, self-instructional, and slide-tape
courses alphabetically within subject areas.
Generally, courses are listed only once, although
some cross-referencing is provided. If you do not
find a course where you expect to, look under a re-
lated subject (Personal and Professional Develop-
ment rather than Management Development, for
example), or check the alphabetical index.
In compiling this catalogue, similar courses were
combined under one entry. For example, all
timekeeping courses have been consolidated Into
one listing. Sometimes the same course is known
by different titles In different Regions (for example.
Environmental Databases—An Introduction and
Where's the Data?) When combining courses, we
have used the title which we felt to be most
generally descriptive (Environmental Data
Bases—An Introduction, In the example above).
Each entry gives a brief course description, length
of course, target audience, and the course spon-
sor and/or locations where the course Is offered.
Length, particularly, varies from location to loca-
tion; the length shown for a course offered In
several places may not be accurate for a given
location. For more specific information on length,
availability, and course content, or for referral to
the appropriate contact, check with the local
training office or program office contact. Phone
numbers are given In the following boxes.
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Introduction
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Training Office Contacts
Headquarters EPA
Institute
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Research Triangle Park
Cincinnati
Las Vegas
NEIC
Ann Arbor
FTS 475-6678
FTS 835-3393
FTS 264-0593
FTS 597-8924
FTS 257-3486
FTS 886-7535
FTS 255-6560
FTS 757-2821
FTS 564- 1499
FTS 454-8016
FTS 399-2955
FTS 629-4393
FTS 684-7807
FTS 545-2414
FTS 776-51 14
FTS 374-8308
202-475-6678
617-565-3393
212-264-0593
215-597-8924
404-347-3486
312-886-7535
214-655-6560
913-236-2821
303-293-1499
415-974-8016
206-442-2955
919-541-4393
513-569-7807
702-798-2414
303-236-5114
313-668-4220
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National Program Contacts
Headquarters EPA
Institute
Risk Forum (ORD)
(Risk Assessment
Guidelines)
Risk Training Office
(OPPE)
National Computer
Center
APTI
OSWER
Edison, NJ, Lab
(Safety Training)
Inspector Training
(OPPE)
Headquarters ORD
Office of Civil Rights
FTS 475-6678
FTS 475-6743
FTS 382-4030
FTS 629-3970
FTS 629-2401
FTS 382-4515
FTS 340-6745
FTS 382-7550
FTS 382-7669
FTS 382-5669
202-475-6678
202-475-6743
202-382-2747
919-541-3970
919-541-2401
202-382-4515
201-321-6745
202-382-7550
202-382-7669
202-382-5669
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Table of Contents
Foreword HI
Introduction v
Science and Technology 1
Air and Radiation 3
Cross-Media 21
Hazardous Materials and Incident Response 33
Quality Assurance/Quality Control 43
Risk 51
Solid and Hazardous Wastes 59
Water and Groundwater 79
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement 91
Health and Safety 111
Personal and Professional Development 125
Secretarial and Support Staff Development 155
Management Development 173
Communications 209
Contracts and Finance 229
Computer/ADP 243
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Self-Instruction, Correspondence, and
Slide-Tape Courses 253
Appendixes 277
Appendix A—Headquarters Library Videotape
Supplement (May 1988) 279
Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 287
Index 343
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TECHNOLOGY
Air and Radiation
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Table of Contents
Science and Technology—Air and Radiation
Air Management Division Lecture Series 7
Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application 7
Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental Concepts 8
Air Pollution Microscopy 8
Air Toxics 8
Air Toxics—An Introduction 9
Air Toxics Workshops 9
Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards 9
Atmospheric Sampling 10
Combustion Evaluation 10
Control Measures for CO, Oa, and NOX 11
Control of Gaseous Emissions 11
Control of Particulate Emissions 12
Environmental Radon 12
Fugitive VOC Leak Detection 13
Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop 13
Hazardous Waste Incineration 13
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Science and Technology—Air and Radiation
continued
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering and
Misfueling 14
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and Repair 15
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance
for I / M Programs 15
Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control 16
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement
Systems 16
Radiation and Radon 17
Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation for Air
Toxics 17
Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pollutants 17
Source Receptor Modeling Workshop 18
Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pollutants 18
Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants 19
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air Toxics
Monitoring Data 19
Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution Data 20
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Science and Technology
Air and Radiation
Air Management Division Lecture Series
This series of lectures covers AMD-related topics
such as asbestos/air toxics, inspection and main-
tenance program/TCMs, meteorology/modeling,
the permitting process, SIP development, and 105
grants/audits. The series also offers an introduc-
tion tothe Air Toxics Office, the Air Operations
Branch, the division's front office, and the Air
Programs Branch.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience; All interested employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application
In this lecture course, students will become
familiar with selected theories of dispersion as
employed in current modeling practice (UNAMAP)
and with the application of plume rise and disper-
sion formulas to actual situations. Students will
review the accuracy of calculations based on
Pasquill's method and will apply the concepts
employed in selected dispersion models for point,
area, and line sources. Case studies will be part of
the course.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
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Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental Concepts
With case-study and problem-solving exercises,
students address selected basic problems in air
quality impact analysis such as meteorological in-
strument siting to obtain representative observa-
tions, industrial plant siting to minimize the
impact of pollutant discharge on receptors, cal-
culation of continuous-release pollutant con-
centrations, calculation of plume rise, etc.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Air Pollution Microscopy
This course, which has both laboratory and lec-
ture components, includes material designed to
give the student knowledge of the effective use of
the polarizing microscope in identifying airborne
particulate matter. Sample collection and han-
dling, physical optics, illumination, particle mor-
phology, and analytical microscopy are discussed.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Chemists, engineers, tech-
nicians, and others responsible for the collection
and identification of airborne particulate matter
Sponsor/location: APTI
Air Toxics
Topics to be discussed in this course are health ef-
fects of air toxics and emission sources; regula-
tions of the Clean Air Act, RCRA, and TSCA; and
the air pollution problems in Region 3.
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Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Air Toxics—An Introduction
This lecture course covers the fundamental con-
cepts of toxicology, ambient monitoring, source
assessment, exposure assessment, risk assess-
ment, and regulatory issues pertaining to air
toxics.
Length: 31/2 days
Target audience: Professionals entering the
toxic air pollution control field and others desiring
an overview of air toxics
Sponsor/location: APT!
Air Toxics Workshops
A series of workshops for Agency and industry
personnel will present the state of the art of
knowledge and expertise in this area. The
workshop will serve to accelerate communications
among those working in the hazardous and air
toxics field.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Industry representatives and
regulators
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Region 9
Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards
This laboratory course emphasizes the reference
and equivalent methods for air quality standards,
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including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone,
and carbon monoxide. Quality assurance
programs are introduced, and calibration of con-
tinuous analyzers is covered. Laboratory proce-
dures and principles taught include the
nondispersive infrared method for carbon
monoxide; the coulometric, flame photometric,
and UV fluorescent methods for sulfur com-
pounds; the chemiluminescent method and UV
calibration procedure for ozone; and the
chemiluminescent method for nitrogen dioxide.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Chemists and technicians
responsible for sampling and analysis of ambient
air
Sponsor/location: APTI
Atmospheric Sampling
Topics which are discussed in lectures and inves-
tigated in laboratories include methods of calibra-
tion, use of flow rate measuring instruments,
general techniques for sampling the atmosphere,
and reference methods for sampling and analyz-
ing criteria pollutants.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Combustion Evaluation
Students successfully completing this course will
understand combustion principles and the more
significant design influences on achievement of
combustion efficiency. The course emphasizes
problem sessions in which students make the
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basic chemical/thermodynamlc calculations In-
volved in checking design.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Control Measures for CO, Os, and NOX _
This entry-level, classroom workshop presents a
view of the major control measures utilized to at-
tain and maintain the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards for carbon monoxide, ozone,
and nitrogen oxides. The lessons include informa-
tion about these pollutants, their sources and ef-
fects, the control activities which are utilized to
reduce their concentrations in the atmosphere,
measurement techniques, regulatory activities,
enforcement techniques, and other related topics.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Employees with a background
in transportation planning, mobile source or sta-
tionary source control planning, and air pollution
control planning
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Control of Gaseous Emissions _
Students successfully completing this lecture
course will be able to evaluate systems typically
employed for controlling emissions of gaseous pol-
lutants including systems operation and review of
permit applications. A primary focus of the course
is on calculations that are needed to check system
design. The course develops understanding of the
process factors that guide selection of control
devices for various abatement requirements and
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develops ability to select and size a gaseous pol-
lutant control device.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Control of Particulote Emissions
In this lecture course, students will acquire (1)
knowledge of the types of devices available for par-
ticulate control; (2) an understanding of how the
devices work and of the influences on control ef-
ficiency; (3) ability to perform the calculations
necessary to determine control efficiency; and (4)
ability to select and size a particulate pollutant
control device.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location; APTI
Environmental Radon
This course covers all aspects of radon, including
general properties, units, radioactive decay equa-
tions, history, uses, sources, exposure levels,
dosimetry, animal and human effects, mitigation
methods, risk assessment, and policy. The course
is based on a new book about radon which is
being written by the Instructors.
Length: 11/2 days
Target audience: EPA scientists, attorneys, en-
vironmental protection specialists, and other EPA
staff who want to learn about radon.
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Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Fugitive VOC Leak Detection
This course presents an overview of the organic
chemicals, fugitive emission points, monitoring
equipment, quality assurance procedures, and
the design of inspections. Hands-on demonstra-
tions of the most commonly used monitoring
equipment are included.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Engineering and field monitor-
ing personnel
Sponsor/location: APTI
Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop
This course is based on the self-study course
"Hazardous Waste Calculations." Students make
calculations using a computer model based on the
principles of hazardous waste combustion and are
encouraged to bring problems to the course for in-
dependent study. Topics include computer model
design, input parameters and data, Interpretation
of the model's output, and customizing the model.
Length: 2 1/2 days
Target audience: Permit review engineers and
control systems design specialists
Sponsor/location: APTI
Hazardous Waste Incineration
This course offers the student a comprehensive
review of the theoretical, practical, and technical
aspects of hazardous waste incineration. This
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course features lectures on the basic concepts
and principles, workbook calculations, case
studies, and project design for hazardous waste
incineration. Emphasis will be on calculations
and practical exercises related to design, testing,
and operation of hazardous waste incineration
facilities. A workbook with over 50 application-
oriented problems with solutions will be provided,
along with a comprehensive student manual.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI; Region 2
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering and
Misfueling
The purpose of this laboratory course is to provide
the automotive emissions control inspector the
technical background and knowledge necessary
to perform tampering and misfueling inspections.
Visual and physical techniques for determining
compliance status will be presented. Individual
control systems will be discussed, along with
methods of detecting tampering or component
failure.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Automotive emissions control
inspectors
Sponsor/location: APTI
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and Repair
This course features hands-on laboratory exer-
cises as well as lectures and demonstration on the
diagnosis and repair of motor vehicle emission
control systems. The successful student will have
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a working knowledge of the causes and effects of
motor vehicle emission control system failures
and will understand the relationships among
various control systems, how they work, and the
appropriate diagnostic procedure for each. The
course requires some experience with motor
vehicle engines and electrical systems; it is not an
overview or basic course.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Personnel who train
mechanics as part of the State plan to control
mobile source emissions
Sponsor/location; APTI
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance for
I/M Programs
This course is designed to present some of the
background and technical Information used by
new inspection and maintenance program
auditors In carrying out their duties and respon-
sibilities. Course materials and lectures will
provide the students with Information typically
needed for performing audits, including general
information about automotive emissions and their
controls, technical information on emissions con-
trol equipment commonly tampered with,
guidelines on tampering- inspection procedures,
general Information on the role of auditors, and
general information for conducting a regular In-
spection-station audit.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: New inspection and main-
tenance program auditors
Sponsor/location: APT!
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Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control
This entry-level classroom course deals with the
principles and practice of air pollution control.
The course presents a broad view of all major
practical aspects of air pollution control. Lessons
include information about pollutants, pollutant
sources, effects of pollution, dispersion of pollu-
tion, legal authority for air pollution control,
measurement and control of emissions, enforce-
ment of regulations, inspections, implementation
plans, and other related topics. In the APTI cur-
riculum, this is a recommended background
course for all areas of study.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location; APTI; Region 2
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement Systems
Examples of ambient air monitoring activities are
used to present the basic quality management
principles and techniques applicable to air pollu-
tion monitoring systems. A group problem allows
students to apply their knowledge In the develop-
ment of a comprehensive quality assurance plan
for a hypothetical ambient air monitoring project.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Quality assurance coor-
dinators or managers, field or laboratory super-
visors, and technicians involved with quality
assurance activities or responsibilities
Sponsor/location; APTI
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Radiation and Radon
This course offers an Introduction to radiological
health terms and health effects. It includes a dis-
cussion of the role of the States, EPA, and other
Federal agencies; basing of nuclear power plants;
and emergency response planning. Current is-
sues such as radon in local areas will be dis-
cussed.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation for Air
Toxics
This lecture course emphasizes the methods and
procedures currently being used in the field. Case
studies feature lagoon emissions, hazardous
waste site evaluation, and a source receptor
evaluation for a chemical manufacturing facility.
Length: 4 1/2 days
Target audience: First-line supervisors and field
personnel who perform sampling study designs,
sampling, analysis, and investigations of sites
with potential air toxics problems
Sponsor/location: APTI
Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pollutants
The student successfully completing this course
will be able to evaluate systems typically employed
for the control of volatile organic emissions in-
cluding systems in operation and as represented
in VOC control plans. The course emphasizes cal-
culations needed to check system efficiency.
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Course content draws heavily from EPA Control
Technique Guidelines, and it has been updated to
include recent NSPS regulations.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Source Receptor Modeling Workshop
This lecture course employs a hands-on training
approach. Students are urged to bring their own
receptor modeling problems. Emphasis will be
placed on interpretation of receptor modeling
results.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Air pollution control agency
planning and analysis personnel
Sponsor/location: APT!
Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pollutants
This course presents the principles and techni-
ques necessary for gaseous sampling and analysis
of source pollutants, as outlined in Reference
Methods 6, 7, and 11 of the New Source Perfor-
mance Standards. In addition, students are given
experience in problem solving and application,
using EPA Reference Methods 1. 2, 3, and 4. The
course is designed around laboratory exercises,
which familiarize the student with analytical pro-
cedures for determination of gaseous pollutants.
Students perform extraction, recovery, and
analysis of various pollutants to determine their
concentration. Lectures cover theory and applica-
tion of gaseous source testing.
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Length: 4 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location; APTI
Source Sampling for Porticulate Pollutants
This course develops ability to plan for, guide,
evaluate, and (after experience on the job) perform
source sampling measurements to determine
rates of participate emissions from stationary
sources. The course details and clarifies EPA
Reference Methods 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Instruction
relies heavily on laboratory exercises where stu-
dents work with stack sampling equipment. They
perform components of the various methods, ex-
tract a sample from an actual or simulated stack,
and make calculations necessary in sampling pro-
cedure and for reporting test results.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air Toxics
Monitoring Data
This lecture course is designed to provide practi-
cal experience in analyzing and interpreting a
wide variety of air toxics monitoring data. It
reviews the fundamental problems associated
with limited quantities of data, the statistical tools
for analyzing such data sets in various ways, the
various analyses available, and the most effective
interpretive techniques.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
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Sponsor/location: APTI
Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution Data
This course is intended to provide the student
with an understanding of the statistical concepts
and procedures needed for the detailed analysis of
air pollution data. All topics are illustrated with
examples based on air quality data. Students are
given in-class exercises to promote a working
knowledge of the procedures being discussed.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: Professionals responsible for
collection, analysis, and interpretation of air
quality data
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Science and Technology—Cross-Media
Acid Rain: An Overview 25
Applied Statistics 25
Basic Environmental Toxicology 26
Biotechnology Seminars 26
Chemodynamics 26
Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage Tanks 27
Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction 27
EPA—University of Cincinnati Seminars
on the Environment 28
Epidemiology 28
Expert Systems 28
Field Instrumentation for Determination
of Volatile Organic Chemicals in the Environment 29
Human Exposure Seminars 29
Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA) 30
Mechanisms of Carcinogens (Genetic Toxicology) 30
Science Seminar Program 31
Statistics for Managers 31
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Acid Rain: An Overview
This course familiarizes participants with the
causes of acid rain and the state of current re-
search into its effects on our environment. Other
topics include current acid rain legislation efforts
in Congress, the status of negotiations between
the United States and Canada, and acid rain in
Region 3.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Applied Statistics
In this course, state-of-the-art developments from
a multitude of disciplines are covered, including
computer-based techniques. Participants will be
able to Identify capabilities in pattern recognition,
cluster analysis, and other multtvariate techni-
ques that can be applied to Agency problems re-
lated to data analysis and quality
assurance/quality control.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Scientific and technical staff
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
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Basic Environmental Toxicology
This course Includes a discussion of the effects of
hazardous materials on individuals and the en-
vironment. It is designed to benefit those who
could use fundamental instruction in organic
chemistry as it applies to priority pollutants.
Length: 75 minutes per week for 15 weeks
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Biotechnology Seminars
This seminar series focuses on issues of current
interest to scientists. Topics include information
on DMA techniques, microblal technology, fate
and transport of microorganisms, ecology,
microcosm development, pathogenlcity and detec-
tion of clroorganisms.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Biotechnical specialists
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Chemodynomics
This course provides a better understanding of the
behavior of manmade chemicals in the material
environment. Content includes equalization of en-
vironmental interfaces; transport fundamentals;
chemical exchange rates between air and water,
between water and adjoining earth material, be-
tween air and soil; intraphase chemical transport
with a homogeneous medium; review of addition-
al transport process in the environment; modeling
of the process.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: Employees whose work is con-
cerned with chemicals in the geosphere.
Sponsor/location; Cincinnati
Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage Tanks
A seminar series will be developed for the
regulators (Federal and State agency personnel)
and the regulated community (underground-tank
owners and operators) presenting leak detection
and prevention methods, and techniques for cor-
rective actions.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Federal and State agency per-
sonnel and underground-tank owners and
operators
Sponsor/location: ORD; OSWER; Region 2
Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction
This course is an introduction to the environmen-
tal data bases that are available on the online
computer systems through commercial vendors.
The course will introduce the full range of vendors
and the data bases each one offers. Participants
receive a handbook that gives detailed descrip-
tions of each data base.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Professional and technical
staff who use computer data base information in
their jobs
Sponsor/location: Regions 5,9
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EPA—University of Cincinnati Seminars on the
Environment
This seminar series focuses on a variety of pollu-
tion control issues of current Interest. Topics in-
clude legal and regulatory aspects, state of the art,
economics, and risk assessment.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All technical specialists, scien-
tists, and engineers
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Epidemiology
This is a graduate-level course designed to convey
the concepts, applications, principles, and sig-
nificance of epidemiology and to create and nur-
ture enthusiasm for further inquiry in
environmental epidemiology. The emphasis is on
insights and modern analytic techniques that
contribute directly to improvements in environ-
mental protection and risk assessment.
Length: Semester-long course
Target audience: EPA scientists, engineers, and
environmental protection specialists
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; video-taped lec-
tures available
Expert Systems
Expert systems are computer-based applications
that use the knowledge of decisionmaking proces-
ses of a human expert to advise and assist users
with less expertise. Participants will learn to
design, build, and test an expert system; manage
expert systems as a new technology; introduce ex-
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pert systems Into their organizations; and select
staff and expert-system software.
Length: 32 hours (1 full day and eight 3-hour ses-
sions)
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Field Instrumentation for Determination of Volatile
Organic Chemicals in the Environment
This course covers the selection, use, and calibra-
tion of field instrumentation for air analysis, haz-
ardous waste investigations, underground-tank
studies, plume tracking, and groundwater protec-
tion to teach new methods of investigation and
analysis to field chemists, consultants, and EPA
contractors (FIT, TAT).
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Field investigators with some
chemistry and instrumentation background,
project managers and field on-scene coordinators
who direct such field investigations or evaluate
proposals to do field work
Sponsor/location; Region 1
Human Exposure Seminars
This seminar series is designed to familiarize at-
tendees with the fundamental concepts of human
exposure monitoring, modeling, and data. It will
cover the concepts and theory of the total human
exposure approach, existing exposure data bases,
and use of these data in making risk estimates.
The seminars consist of structured lectures by ex-
perts in the field, both from within and outside
EPA. There will be ample opportunity for feedback
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and questions. Objectives Include familiarizing at-
tendees with the latest exposure data bases and
research findings from recent exposure studies;
comparing the effectiveness of the direct and in-
direct approaches to exposure estimation; and
demonstrating how to use exposure data to make
risk estimates.
Length: 2 years (once a month)
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, and
employees Involved In exposure assessment
programs or projects
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)
This course covers the organizational structure of
the U.S. Geological Survey and the types of infor-
mation that USGS and EPA share.,
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Mechanisms of Carcinogens (Genetic Toxicology)
This lecture and discussion course presents con-
temporary evidence of the mechanisms of cancer
induction and progression relevant to EPA's man-
date to protect the public from exposure to car-
cinogens.
Length: 1 hour per week for 7 weeks
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
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Science Seminar Program
The Science Seminar Program is a series of lec-
tures designed to present current issues and con-
cerns in science and technology.
Length: 1 hour a month
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Statistics for Managers
This course is structured to give managers, super-
visors, and analysts an understanding of statisti-
cal concepts and is intended to present statistical
terminologies and concepts so that managers and
analysts may communicate better with statis-
ticians and data analysts. The course is divided
into four 2-hour sessions with the afternoon ses-
sion linked to the morning session. The four ses-
sions are "Overview of Statistical Concepts,"
"Understanding Specific Problems," "An Overview
of Statistical Sampling." and "Examination of a
Statistical Survey."
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
analysts
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
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Hazardous Materials and
ncident Response
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Science and Technology—Hazardous Materials
and incident Response
Advanced Supervision of Asbestos Abatement Projects
(Annual Update Course) 37
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials 37
Asbestos Management Planner 38
Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning 38
Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations 39
Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders 39
Hazardous Materials Response Planning
and Operations Course 40
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods 40
Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing Materials 41
Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis 41
Sampling for Hazardous Materials 42
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Advanced Supervision of Asbestos Abatement Projects
(Annual Update Course)
This course Includes a Federal/State regulatory
update, new abatement techniques, and revised
air monitoring techniques and requirements. In
addition, medical, legal, and Insurance updates
are covered, as well as State certlflcaiton and
licensing requirements.
Length: 2 days
Target audience; Asbestos abatement super-
visors
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
This course instructs participants In practices
and procedures for monitoring and sampling air-
borne hazardous materials. Topics to be dis-
cussed are air surveillance programs; air
monitoring techniques and Instruments; air sam-
pling techniques and equipment; radiation detec-
tion instruments; instrument calibration; quality
control; exposure guidelines; health and safety
considerations; legal implications; and air dis-
persing and meteorology. The course will include
operating procedures for specific air monitoring
instruments and sampling equipment, as well as
strategies for air surveillance at both abandoned
hazardous waste sites and In accidental releases
of hazardous chemicals.
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Length: 5 days
Target audience: Personnel Involved in emer-
gency response to hazardous substances or those
who Investigate uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2. 3. 4, 5,
6. 7. 9, 10
Asbestos Management Planner
Key course elements Include Interpreting survey
results, the hazard assessment process, evalua-
tion, selection of control options, and developing
an operations and maintenance plan.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Asbestos management plan-
ners
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning
This course, which is jointly sponsored by EPA
and FEMA, includes actual examples of emergen-
cy situations and addresses legal, technical, and
financial aspects of contingency planning. The
training encompasses topics such as pertinent
statutes; local, State, and Federal responsibilities;
contracts and cooperative agreements; develop-
ment of a response plan; types and storage of haz-
ardous materials; preventive measures;
disclosure of facilities; and local. State, and
Federal ordinances. Instructional methods in-
clude lectures, demonstrations, and classroom
discussion.
Length: 41/2 days
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Target audience: Regional, State, and local
employees who require a basic understanding of
contingency planning and related Issues
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Region 3
Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations
This course provides attendees with practical
knowledge concerning incident response opera-
tions. Focus is on response team function,
methods, procedures, and safety in responding to
hazardous substance spills or abandoned waste
sites. Participants become more familiar with
selection, use, and limitation of respiratory
protection apparatus and protective clothing; site
entry, control, and decontamination procedures;
the use of field monitoring instruments; and
standard operating safety guides.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: EPA and other Federal, State.
and local government/Hazardous waste staff
Sponsor/location: Regions 9, 10
Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders
This course provides participants with basic infor-
mation needed to recognize, evaluate, and
mitigate an incident involving the release or
potential release of hazardous materials. Topics to
be discussed include chemical and physical
properties of hazardous materials; toxicology;
recognition and identification of hazardous
materials; personnel protective equipment; direct-
reading instruments; standard operating proce-
dures; response organization; and sources of
information. Fire fighting techniques are not part
of the course.
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Length: 3-5 days
Target audience; Members of hazardous
material response teams, teams that are being
formed, or others who may be called upon to
respond to a chemical release. Persons who have
previously attended Hazardous Materials Incident
Response Operations or Personnel Protection and
Safety should not apply.
Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions
Hazardous Materials Response Planning and Operations
Course
This workshop focuses on response team func-
tions, methods, procedures, and safety. Also in-
cluded is practical knowledge concerning disposal
of hazardous materials and the use of computers
to aid in site management.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA, State, and local
employees who develop, implement, or manage
programs for chemical emergencies or cleanups at
hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
This course instructs attendees in the concepts
and techniques for containment, treatment, and
disposal of hazardous materials associated with
accidental releases and uncontrolled waste sites.
It emphasizes the practical applications of Inci-
dent mitigation and treatment technologies and
includes the following topics: first-response con-
siderations, hazard evaluation, containment
methods, physical, chemical, and biological treat-
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merit, disposal options, and safety during
response operations.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: EPA, State, and local
employees who develop, implement, or manage
safety programs for chemical emergencies or
cleanup at hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10
Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing Materials
The objective of this course is to outline some of
the basic considerations and methods used to
make valid determinations of whether asbestos-
containing material is present through inspec-
tion, sampling, and assessment. General
information will be provided on the potential
health hazards associated with asbestos ex-
posures.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Asbestos inspectors and
others who conduct or need to know about evalua-
tions of buildings for asbestos-containing
materials
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis _
This intermediate to advanced workshop will in-
clude analytical experiments involving the deter-
mination of phenoxy herbicides; glyphosate
sulfonylurea herbicides (Oust, Glean, etc.); and
carbamates. The use of the gas
chromatograph/mass selective detector will also
be covered in a laboratory experiment. Par-
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ticipants should be familiar with the theory and
have a good working knoweldge of the basic opera-
tion of liquid and gas chromatographs and of com-
mon extraction and cleanup techniques.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical per-
sonnel
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
This course provides basic practical information
about the design of sampling programs; equip-
ment and procedures for sample collection; sam-
pling safety; regulations on transporting samples;
and use of statistics In sampling. The course In-
cludes hands-on use of multimedia sampling
equipment.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA, State, and local
employees who develop. Implement, or manage
safety programs for chemical emergencies or
cleanup at abandoned hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1,2,3,9,10
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Quality Assurance/
Quality Contro
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Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control
Analytical Quality Control 47
Data Quality Objectives 47
General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
Air Monitoring 48
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance
for I/M Programs 48
Orientation to Quality Assurance Management 48
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement
Systems 49
Quality Assurance for Source Emission Measurements 49
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Chain of
Custody—An Introduction 49
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Analytical Quality Control
This course covers methods for assuring the
reliability and validity of analytical and field data
used to assess and monitor water quality. Par-
ticipants should be knowledgeable about the
analytical methods used in the area of their
responsibility. It is highly desirable to have some
background in basic statistical calculations.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Personnel who have prime
responsibility for assuring the reliability of
analytical and field data used to assess and
monitor water quality
Sponsor/location; Region 4
Data Qualify Objectives
This workshop is designed to introduce par-
ticipants to the data quality objectives (DQOs)
concept and process. The course consists of a
combination of lectures, group discussions, and
exercises. The emphasis is on management issues
associated with DQOs rather than on detailed
"how-to" technical information. The course objec-
tives are to provide a general understanding of the
DQO concept and its value to EPA: ensure that
participants are aware of the key stages and roles
in the DQO process; provide participants with
practical experience in DQO implementation; and
lay a foundation for expanded knowledge of and
participation in the DQO process.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: Managers, program staff, and
technical staff Involved In design or oversight of
environmental data collection activities, and other
interested employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
Air Monitoring
See description under Science and Technology,
Air and Radiation
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality Assurance for
i/M Programs
See description under Science and Technology.
Air and Radiation
Orientation to Quality Assurance Management
This workshop serves as an orientation to the
basic management issues associated with EPA's
quality assurance (QA) program for environmen-
tal data collection. It will provide participants with
a systematic, nontechnical Introduction to the
primary elements and concepts of QA. By the end
of the session, participants will be able to under-
stand the value and benefits of an effective QA
program; identify the basic tools of QA manage-
ment at EPA; evaluate the strengths and weak-
nesses of particular QA programs; and
understand the QA roles of EPA managers and
their staff.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA managers and staff (tech-
nical and nontechnical) who would benefit from a
systematic Introduction to EPA's QA program,
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especially employees newly assigned to QA
responsibilities
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 6
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measurement Systems
See description under Science and Technology,
Air and Radiation
Qualify Assurance for Source Emission Measurements
See description under Science and Technology,
Air and Radiation
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Chain of
Custody—An Introduction
This course is designed to delineate established
policy, procedures, and program requirements for
the conduct of quality assurance for all environ-
mentally related measurements performed by or
for the Agency. The course includes a discussion
of environmental public laws that require quality
assurance activities and the elements of a quality
assurance project plan.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA supervisors and profes-
sionals involved in any aspect of environmental
monitoring; and project officers, grant officers,
and other technical staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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Risk
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Science and Technology—Risk
Environmental Risk Assessment 55
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) 55
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing 56
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Manager's Seminar 56
Risk Assessment In Superfund 57
Risk and Decision-Making 57
Risky Decisions 58
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Risk
Environmental Risk Assessment
This basic course provides participants with the
fundamentals needed to determine the toxicity of
chemicals that have been released into the en-
vironment and to assess their risk to public
health. The primary focus of the course is risk as-
sessment associated with uncontrolled hazardous
waste sites. This course addresses risk assess-
ment in terms of its four elements: hazard iden-
tification, dose-response evaluation, exposure
assessment, and risk characterization.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: EPA, State, and local
employees who develop, implement, or manage
safety programs for chemical emergencies or
cleanup at abandoned hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10;
RTF
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
This course orients users to the role of IRIS in risk
assessment and risk management at EPA. The
agenda includes a lecture, hands-on exercises,
and a case study. The course objectives are to
thoroughly train the IRIS user in the uses and
limitations of the information in the system and
give the user experience in accessing and
maneuvering the data base itself.
Length: 21/2 hours-1 day
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Target audience: Managers, program staff, and
technical staff who regularly need Agency risk as-
sessment and risk management Information
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 3, 4,
7
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
This course is designed to familiarize Agency per-
sonnel with EPA's 1986 Risk Assessment
Guidelines in all EPA risk assessing offices. The
core briefing is a lecture designed for general-in-
terest audiences that provides a concise, general
overview of the five guidelines as a group.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience; All Agency personnel
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; all regions
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Manager's Seminar
This course is designed to familiarize Agency
managers with the 1986 Risk Assessment
Guidelines and to promote informed use of the
guidelines in all EPA risk assessing offices. The
course highlights important scientific features of
the guidelines and links these features with Agen-
cy policy as developed in the guidelines, by means
of a lecture format and problem-solving exercises.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Agency managers who super-
vise risk assessment activities or have other
managerial responsibilities in risk assessing of-
fices
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all regions
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Risk Assessment in Superfund
This beginning-level course is intended for staff
who are responsible for reviewing, supervising, or
facilitating the work of consultants or technical
experts in performing risk assessments. Topics
include an overview of chemical risk assessment,
exposure assessment, and risk characterization
and an overview of the Superfund Public Health
Evaluation Process.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Superfund staff (EPA and
other Federal, State, and local government
employees)
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Risk and Decision-Making
This course gives participants a basic under-
standing of the concepts and elements of risk as-
sessment, risk management, and risk
communication. It blends limited lectures on the
principles of risk assessment and risk com-
munication and on IRIS and the Risk Assessment
Guidelines with small-group discussions based
on a hypothetical case study. The case study was
constructed to raise multimedia issues, and so
has application to all programs and to all staff.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: EPA technical/professional
staff and supervisors involved in, or needing an
understanding of, risk-based decision-making
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
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Risky Decisions
This is a state-of-the-art risk-management train-
ing program developed by Environmental Resour-
ces, Ltd. of London, England, for the Dutch
Environmental Ministry. All or part of this
program may potentially be integrated into the
Agency's risk-training curriculum. This EPA
presentation is cosponsored by the EPA Institute
and the EPA Risk Training Committee.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All Agency technical personnel
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; course
materials available through HQ library
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Solid and Hazardous Wastes
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Science and Technology—Solid and
Hazardous Wastes
Activated Sludge Process Control 63
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Superfund Waste
Sites 63
Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste Sites 64
CERCLA Orientation 64
CERCLIS Enforcement Overview 65
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives 65
Customized CERCLIS Reporting 66
Environmental Remote Sensing 66
Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried Waste:
Techniques and Basic Theory 66
Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations 67
Hazard Ranking System 67
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and Their
Application at Superfund Sites 68
Hazardous Waste Calculations 68
Hazardous Waste Incineration 68
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design 68
Hazardous Waste Management 69
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Hazardous Wastes
Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and Procedures 69
Hazardous Waste Site Sampling 70
Land Disposal Restriction Program Implementation 70
OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training 71
Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations (PA/SI) 71
RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazardous
Waste Landfills 72
RCRA Facility Assessment 72
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
COG 73
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
Personnel 73
Remedial Design Schedule Management—An
Introduction 74
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
Workshop 74
SARA Title III Information Management Workshops 75
Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
Disputes 75
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives 75
Superfund Public Health Evaluation 76
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Activated Sludge Process Control
This course is designed to assist participants in
upgrading activated sludge treatment operations.
Instruction will be based on proven operational
control methods and case histories.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Wastewater treatment
facilities personnel
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Superfund Waste
Sites
This workshop provides attendees a wide array of
treatment alternatives with associated costs and
limitations. This new series of seminars will
present proven treatment technologies and
provide technical and management guidance on
their selection and application. The seminars will
include five sessions of 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours
devoted to specific topics. Speakers will be
selected from a pool of experts in the technologies
for managing hazardous wastes.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 9. 10
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Bioremediatlon of Hazardous Waste Sites
These four seminars provide Information on the
design of biological treatment technologies, on
detoxification/biodegradatalon mechanisms In
these systems, and methods for selecting ap-
propriate treatment processes. Techniques for In
situ biodegradation of organlcs In aquifer and the
unsaturated zone will be discussed, as well as
those site characteristics where treatment In a
reactor is more effective. Discussion will Include
case studies on CERCLA sites as well as sites not
in the Hazardous Ranking System.
Length: varies
Target audience: Personnel Involved In selecting
treatment for hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location; ORD
CERCLA Orientation
This introductory course Is designed to introduce
new employees to the Superfund program. The
topics covered present an overview of the CERCLA
legislation, the National Contingency Plan,
program implementation and policy implications,
RCRA program interface, community relations.
and the removal, remedial, enforcement, and sup-
port programs. Instructional methods used In the
course include classroom lectures, group discus-
sion, problem solving, case studies, and student
exercises. Participants will be offered insights Into
the actual "nuts and bolts" of these programs.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: New employees
Sponsor/location: OSWER; all locations
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CERCLIS Enforcement Overview
This course is designed to provide a generalized
overview of the CERCLIS data base and structure,
with emphasis on the enforcement program. The
course covers data base structure, data entry.
data retrieval, and generation of reports. The
course emphasizes the enforcement aspects of
CERCLIS by concentrating on select program-
matic issues and showing how these issues are
reflected in the data and how the data can provide
information to enforcement program managers
and coordinators.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
The technology transfer seminars will address
PA/SI and alternative corrective actions. The
seminars will be built around the risk assess-
ment/risk management strategies for implement-
ing corrective action. Basic investigative
procedures would constitute the risk assessment
part of the seminars, and review and application
of control technologies would be presented in the
context of risk management. Projects in which
technologies have been successfully used will be
reviewed.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Owners and operators of
TSDFs; engineers and environmental scientists
who want to gain a further understanding of cor-
rective measurement technology alternatives
Sponsor/location; OSWER; Regions 3, 4, 5, 6, 9
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Customized CERCLIS Reporting
This course is designed to provide individuals who
have completed the course, CERCLIS Enforce-
ment Overview, with the functional knowledge
necessary to generate customized CERCLIS
reports.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Environmental Remote Sensing
Major topics in this course include the fundamen-
tals of remote sensing, topographic map reading,
basic air photo analysis skills, hazardous waste
site analysis with historical photography, and re-
questing remote-sensing support services. Course
structure involves predominantly hands-on exer-
cises supplemented by short lectures, demonstra-
tions, and a reference information package.
Length: 4 hours
Target audience: CERCLA and RCRA staff
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried Waste:
Techniques and Basic Theory
This course provides an introduction to the
geophysical techniques used for finding buried
waste and explores the theory behind them and
their applicability in the field. Participants will
learn objective methods for selecting appropriate
techniques to identify where toxic waste is buried.
Length: 3 hours
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Target audience: CERCLA and RCRA project
managers
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations
This course provides an Introduction to geophysi-
cal sensing techniques that may be used during
Investigations at hazardous waste sites. Topics
addressed include objectives of subsurface inves-
tigations, techniques currently used, advantages
and limitations of each technique, the cost of tech-
niques, and how to utilize and Interpret data. The
course consists of lectures, classroom discussion,
and case studies.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Regional and State technical
and enforcement staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Hazard Ranking System
This course Introduces participants to the techni-
cal aspects of the Hazard Ranking System and
EPA's policy for listing sites on the National
Priority List. Course instruction consists primari-
ly of classroom lecture and discussion. Par-
ticipants will gain insight into the criteria used for
determining the status of a given site as it pertains
to cleanup operations.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Regional and State Superfund
staff and their contractors
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and Their
Application at Superfund Sites
This course offers an in-depth review of the full
range of hazardous cleanup technologies ap-
plicable to the variety of Superfund sites on the
National Priority List. The course consists of lec-
tures, discussions, and case studies. Topics
presented in the seminar include hazardous
materials cleanup technologies and selection
methodology for appropriate technologies. For
each technology, the course examines costs, in-
stitutional constraints, and other pros and cons.
Changes in the remedial process as a result of
SARA are addressed, as well as selection criteria
for permanent remedies.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: State and regional CERCLA
program management staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6
Hazardous Waste Calculations
See description under Science and Technology,
Air and Radiation
Hazardous Waste Incineration
See description under Science and Technology,
Air and Radiation
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
The emphasis on this course will be on estab-
lishing a rational design sequence for landfill
design and developing the specifics of each major
component. The course will center around
preparation of sample calculations for an example
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landfill. Complete design calculations will be
developed for this example, and sample field test-
ing data will be presented to aid in explaining con-
struction quality assurance procedures.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: EPA regional and State permit
writers and reviewers
Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions
Hazardous Waste Management
This course is designed by EPA's Environmental
Compliance Program to provide EPA employees
with information on the proper management of
hazardous waste at their facilities. The objectives
of this course are to train participants to charac-
terize and classify wastes properly at their
facilities; to provide information on hazardous
waste management as required by RCRA and
TSCA; to train participants to select a reputable,
qualified transporter and treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities (TSDF); to update participants
on legal and policy issues addressed from the
recent RCRA/TSCA compliance reviews and en-
vironmental audits at EPA facilities; and to train
participants to complete a manifest property.
Length: 2 1/2 days
Target audience: EPA and contract employees
who generate or manage hazardous waste at EPA
facilities
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and Procedures
A series of seminars will be presented on waste
minimization and procedures for key industrial
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sectors (industrial and hazardous material
managers, government inspectors and permit
writers, consulting engineers and SQGs). These
seminars will focus on specific unit process opera-
tions common to the industry category and will
deal with air, water, and solid waste generation.
Length: varies
Target audience; Industrial and hazardous
materials managers
Sponsor/location: OSWBR
Hazardous Waste Site Sampling
Among the subjects discussed in this course are
field notes and measurements; sample identifica-
tion and documentation; chain-of-custody and
sample-handling procedures; well construction
and protection; groundwater and soil sampling;
and surface water, leachate stream, and sediment
sampling. Individual protective clothing, equip-
ment, and safety are not subjects for primary dis-
cussion.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Any employee who collects
samples in and around hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: Region 4
land Disposal Restriction Program Implementation
This workshop will provide technical guidance
and training to EPA regions, State governments,
and the regulated community in performing tech-
nical evaluations and permitting requirements for
the land disposal restrictions program.
Length: varies
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Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: OSWBR
OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training _
This introductory course introduces new
employees hired as OSCs or RPMs to the roles and
responsibilities of their job and is designed to
provide interaction among employees from
various regions. Topics covered present an over-
view of the tasks new OSCs and RPMs perform, in-
cluding notification, evaluation, and planning,
and removal operations for OSCs; and site plan
development, RI/FS, RODS, RD/RAs for RPMs.
The course consists of classroom lectures, group
discussion, case studies, and student exercises.
Length: 41/2 days
Target audience: New OSCs and RPMs
Sponsor/location; OSWER; Regions 2, 3, 6, 9
Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations (PA/SI) _
This course provides a brief overview of the Super-
fund program and discusses the sequences of
tasks for a site inspection. It also addresses safety
and sampling considerations and presents a
detailed overview of the Hazard Ranking System.
The course concludes with an exercise that re-
quires participants to prepare a sampling plan for
a sample case site.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: State and contractor person-
nel who conduct preliminary assessments and on-
site investigations of hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazardous
Waste Landfills
In this seminar, case studies provide the
framework. All details will be presented in the con-
text of their relative importance to the success of
the given case. Costs, waste quantity/quality
data, results of technology implementation, ap-
plicable permit conditions, site cleanup limits and
goals, and the relationship of the technology to
regulations will be discussed. Themes include: al-
ternative/innovative approaches to waste mini-
mization and recycling; remedial and corrective
actions; alternative technologies to incineration
and thermal destruction; technologies for
detoxification and destruction; and developing
technologies for safe ultimate disposal. Engineers
and scientists who have direct experience with the
implementation of alternative techniques and ap-
proaches will be speakers.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Federal and State officials, in-
dustrialists, consultants, and facility owners and
operators
Sponsor/location: OSWER
RCRA Facility Assessment
This course outlines strategies for identifying and
cleaning up hazardous waste or hazardous con-
stituents that threaten human health or the en-
vironment. Emphasis is placed on providing
information on sampling, particularly with regard
to the analysis and interpretation, and recom-
mendations on substances collected. Physical
safety aids are also discussed. Instructional ac-
tivities include lecture and case-study analysis.
Length: 21/2 days
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Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
COG
This intermediate-level course emphasizes the
use of sections of the Technical Enforcement
Guidance Document (TEGD) and the Compliance
Order Guidance (COG). The goals of the course in-
clude: providing technical guidance to the regions
and States in the evaluation of RCRAgroundwater
monitoring systems; providing a regulatory and
policy basis for technical approaches to RCRA
groundwater monitoring programs and strategies
for obtaining technical objectives; and promoting
an integrated approach to regulating RCRA
groundwater monitoring facilities among enforce-
ment, permits, field inspectors, and attorneys.
The course instructional methods consist of class-
room lectures and discussion, simulations, video
presentations, and case studies.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: Regional, State, and local
RCRA employees Involved in program manage-
ment and Inspections; technical, enforcement, or
permits staff members
Sponsor/location: OSWER
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
Personnel
See description under Legal, Regulatory, and En-
forcement
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Remedial Design Schedule Management—An
Introduction
During this seminar, a series of generic remedial
design management schedules will be presented.
The presentations will focus on the time-phased
schedule logic, typical technologies applicable to
the schedules, assumptions used, and a descrip-
tion of site-specific applications. Also, methods to
optimize remedial design management schedules
will be discussed. Course Instruction consists of
lectures, discussions, slides, and handouts. Par-
ticipants will be provided with a bound document
containing copies of the presentation slides, the
standard remedial design tasks, the remedy-
specific generic remedial design schedules, and
appropriate background data and references.
Length: 1 day
Tea-get audience: RPMs, State project officers.
REM and ARCS contractors, and U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation design
managers
Sponsor/location: OSWER; HQ Institute; Region
2.5
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
Workshop
This course is designed to inform regional and
State remedial staff on RI/FS policies and proce-
dures, particularly as they have been modified to
reflect the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA) and program efforts to
streamline the process. Topics Include planning,
managing, and scoping projects; risk assessment;
development, screening, and evaluation of alter-
natives; preparing a proposed plan; and site-
specific strategies.
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Length: 3 days
Target audience: Regional and State remedial
staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER; HQ Institute;
Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
SARA Title III Information Management Workshops
These five workshops clarify understanding of
Title III regulations and their State and local re-
quirements; identify Federal Information resour-
ces pertinent to Title III that are available to
SERCs and LEPCs; and provide a forum for dis-
cussion among local and State organizations.
Presentations will address these issues, as well as
provide information on available tools to help
manage and use information (both automated and
non-automated), disseminate Information to the
public, and communicate risk. The workshops
will include presentations by both Federal and
State representatives.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: SERC, LEPC, and First
Responder representatives
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
Disputes
See description under Legal, Regulatory, and En-
forcement
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
A series of technology transfer seminars will deter-
mine whether information will be presented on a
technology or Industry approach. Surveys Indi-
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cate that the chemical and allied products In-
dustry (SIC 28) accounts for over half the nation's
total hazardous waste volume. CERI will coor-
dinate the effort with HWERL and OSWER per-
sonnel in addition to States having recycling
exemptions, financial incentives, and information
programs. Four to eight seminars will be
presented in EPA regions.
A seminar publication will cover solvent-using in-
dustries and present alternatives to land disposal.
The major topics will include source reduction,
focusing on in-plant changes that can either
reduce or eliminate solvent waste generation,
recycling of waste-stream substance or reclama-
tion of waste material, and treatment technologies
such as incineration and chemical fixation/oxida-
tion alternatives.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Users of solvents, regulators,
and environmental consultants
Sponsor/location: ORD; OSWER; Regions 1, 4,
5, 7, 10
Supetfund Public Health Evaluation
This beginning-level course consists of lectures,
discussions, and practical exercises in risk as-
sessment. Topics include an overview of chemical
risk assessment; hazard identification and dose-
response assessment; exposure assessment and
risk characterization; and risk communication.
Day 2 provides an overview of the Superfund
Public Health Evaluation Process, including an
intensive case study exercise.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Federal and State employees
responsible for reviewing, supervising, or facilitat-
ing the work of consultants or technical experts In
performing risk assessments
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Note: This training will be unavailable in FY 88,
as the guidance is currently under revision.
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Science and Technology—Water and
Groundwater
ADA Basic Groundwater Course 83
Analytical Quality Control 83
Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
Contamination 83
Basic Groundwater Concepts 84
Giardiasis—Waterborne 84
Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction 85
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction 85
Groundwater Management Modeling 86
Groundwater Modeling for Managers 86
Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater Protection
Strategy 86
Hydrogeology—An Introduction 87
Organics 87
Principles of Groundwater 88
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD
and COG 88
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface 88
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Groundwater
Water Management Division Lecture Series 88
Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective 89
Wetlands—An Introduction 89
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Water and Groundwater
ADA Basic Groundwater Course
This Introductory course offers a general overview
of basic hydrogeology and groundwater move-
ment, contaminant transport, groundwater inves-
tigations, aquifer restorations, and groundwater
modeling. The course consists of lectures,
demonstrations, and classroom discussions.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: All EPA and State employees
who require a better understanding of
groundwater issues
Sponsor/location; OSWER
Analytical Quality Control
See description under Science and Technology-
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
Contamination
These regional workshops are aimed at Improving
the ability of decisionmakers to respond effective-
ly to incidents of drinking water contamination.
They present Information on the health effects,
toxicology, analytical methods, and treatment
technologies available for four major classes of
contaminants: organlcs, Inorganics, solvents, and
pesticides. An opportunity Is provided for par-
ticipants to take part in case studies designed to
demonstrate the risk assessment and risk
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management methods necessary to resolve a
drinking water contamination Incident.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Regional and State staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Basic Groundwater Concepts
This course provides an introduction to basic
groundwater concepts for employees involved in
implementing EPA programs who have had little
or no exposure to groundwater hydrology ter-
minology and concepts. Topics include
groundwater hydrology, rocks and water, under-
ground water, the hydrologic cycle, aquifers and
confining beds, porosity, heads and gradients,
hydraulic conductivity, and functions of
groundwater systems. Participants will receive
reference materials that provide an on-the-Job
groundwater information resource.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA engineers, geologists,
hydrologists, environmental protection
specialists, and other technical staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Giardiasis—Waterborne
This course provides an introduction to the causa-
tive agent of giardlasis, epidemiology, filtration,
disinfection, and isolation ofGiardia lamblia. It is
intended to acquaint attendees with current pro-
cedures for dealing with an Increasing problem in
public water supplies. The course will include a 1-
day laboratory session for all who are interested.
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Length: 1-2 days
Target audience: All Interested EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction
This course covers such topics as sampling tech-
niques, organic geochemistry of groundwater,
geochemical processes, modeling, and geochemi-
cal aspects of contaminant migration.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Engineers, hydrologists, and
hydrogeologists
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
This introductory course is designed to provide at-
tendees with fundamental knowledge concerning
groundwater, and groundwater contamination
due to accidental releases of chemicals or con-
tamination from abandoned hazardous waste
sites. The course focuses on groundwater inves-
tigation, monitor well placement, well construc-
tion, and the collection of samples.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA, State, and local person-
nel who develop, implement, or manage safety
programs for chemical emergencies or cleanup at
abandoned hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 3. 4,
5. 6. 8. 9. 10
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Groundwater Management Modeling
This course offers a review of simulation and op-
timization techniques.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 2. 9
Groundwotef Modeling for Managers
This course provides a survey of fundamentals of
groundwater transport and contaminant
transport modeling by outlining the basic con-
cepts and techniques of groundwater hydrology
and modeling. It also includes a workshop in
which participants will learn the use and limita-
tions of models through actual hands-on ex-
perience with selected models set on IBM personal
computers with a color plotter and 45-inch
screen.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA managers/ supervisors
and senior staff involved in decision-making
based on the results of groundwater modeling ef-
forts
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 2
Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater Protection
Strategy
Groundwater Orientation presents information on
groundwater and groundwater movement, physi-
cal climate, description of geological formations in
Region 3 and which formations are susceptible to
contamination, how groundwater is con-
taminated, and current issues.
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The Groundwater Protection Strategy segment
provides an overview and discussion of the ad-
ministrative aspects of the Groundwater Protec-
tion Program. Topics include groundwater
protection strategy in Region 3 and the
Groundwater Classification System.
Length: 21/2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Hydro-geology—An Introduction
This course includes a discussion of groundwater
as a resource and the hydrologic cycle; rock
properties and their relationship with
groundwater; groundwater levels and fluctua-
tions; groundwater movement; methods of con-
tamination; groundwater resource evaluation;
and the legal aspects of groundwater.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: Priority given to technical
employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Organics
This seminar explains the specific requirements of
recently established guidelines and identifies the
segments of industry that are included and ex-
cluded.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Permit writers, regulated com-
munities, and all interested persons
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Sponsor/location: Office of Water
Principles of Groundwater
This course covers physical properties, aquifer
tests, well design, water quality characterization,
solute transport, computer modeling, etc.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Scientists and engineers
Sponsor/location: Region 9
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the TEGD and
COG
See description under Science and Technology—
Solid and Hazardous Waste
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Subsurface
This seminar provides an overview of the physical,
chemical, and biological processes associated
with contaminants in the subsurface. It includes
a simulation and closes with a unit on manage-
ment considerations.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER; all regions
Water Management Division Lecture Series
The WMD Lecture Series briefings cover topics
such as overviews of branches and offices within
the division; regional water quality issues; in-
cineration at sea; coral reefs; marine toxicity test-
ing; ocean dumping; the underground injection
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control program; and water quality standards and
monitoring.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: Interested employees
Sponsor/location; Region 9
Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective
This seminar defines wetlands and discusses their
ecological functions and values. Programs ad-
ministered by EPA that focus on wetlands ecology
will be discussed. Although emphasis Is on Sec-
tion 404 of the Clean Water Act, the potential of
wetland study in other programs will be ad-
dressed.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Wetlands—An Introduction
This training provides a basic understanding of
wetland types, functions, and values; wetland
identification; regulations; jurisdictions; and
types and sources of additional Information on
wetlands. Topics include wetland vegetation,
soils, and hydrology; fish and wildlife habitat;
erosion prevention; and floodwater storage.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Technical staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement
Administrative Hearings/Trials 95
Advanced Inspection Techniques 95
Air Pollution Field Enforcement 96
Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques 96
Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
Symposium 97
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques 97
Basic Inspector Training Course 98
Compliance Monitoring 98
Criminal Enforcement 99
Drafting Effective Regulations 99
Dun and Bradstreet Seminar 100
Effective Permit Writing Workshop 100
Environmental Law—An Introduction 100
EPA Trial Advocacy Institute 101
Ethics and Conflict of Interest 101
Expert Witness Seminar 102
Federal Register 102
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Freedom of Information Act Training 103
Incinerator Permitting 104
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys 104
New Sources Review/Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Permitting Regulations for the Construction
of New Sources and Modifications of Sources of
Air Pollution 105
Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena
or Similar Process or Demand 105
OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop 106
Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) Search Workshop 106
RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance Training 107
RCRA Inspector Training 107
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
Personnel 107
Regulation Development in EPA 108
Regional Enforcement Seminar 109
Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
Disputes 109
Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement Analysis
System 110
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Administrative Hearings/Trials
This course is designed to provide participants
with an understanding of preparing for and
presenting material at administrative hearings
and trials. The course will cover an overview of the
types of government hearings, the effect of the Ad-
ministrative Procedures Act on these hearings,
steps in the administrative hearing process,
prehearing conferences, preparation of evidence
and witnesses, and appeals.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Employees directly involved in
preparation of material subject to an administra-
tive hearing/trial and those who present material
at administrative hearings/trials, including tech-
nical professionals, attorneys, and paralegals
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 10
Advanced Inspection Techniques
This course addresses a broad range of technical,
safety, legal, and administrative issues concern-
ing detailed inspections of stationary sources. The
program discussions will focus primarily on a
series of videotaped inspection problems. The
course will help senior inspectors to conduct Level
3 inspections either for anticipated enforcement
cases or to provide baseline data for Level 2 in-
spections to be conducted by agency staff. Course
materials and handouts have been prepared so
that students can present this course in their
agency after attending the program.
Length: 3 days
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Target audience: Senior air pollution control In-
spectors and supervisory personnel
Sponsor/location: APTI
Air Pollution Field Enforcement
This course provides an overview of the statutory
and regulatory base that governs enforcement ac-
tions and the types of enforcement systems that
may be employed. Case studies are part of the In-
struction. Students will learn to follow legally
proper, effective procedure In investigating an air
pollution complaint, presenting evidence, and
handling complaints in all steps in a way that
generates public acceptance and support of agen-
cy programs.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA employees
Sponsor/location: APTI
Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques
This course is designed to present an overview
and comparison of the leading ADR methods. ADR
employs third-party neutrals to aid In the resolu-
tion of disputes through arbitration, mediation,
mini-trials, and fact finding. EPA applies forms of
ADR in areas such as negotiated rulemaking,
RCRA setting, and Superfund remedial actions.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA personnel with negotia-
tion responsibilities
Sponsor/location; Region 9
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Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
Symposium
During this symposium, 42 program managers
and attorneys of State and Federal agencies and
representatives of the regulated community will
describe their roles In the Implementation of haz-
ardous waste laws. Included In the text will be
laws, regulations, and ready-reference materials
for the manager and/or the attorney to ac-
complish what environmental laws and their
practice require. The managers' sessions will ex-
plore technology developments and Important
hazardous waste site considerations. This course
earns 13.5 CLE credits; it Is taught in conjunction
with Washington and Oregon universities at hotel
conference facilities.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location; Region 10
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques
This course presents discussions on the baseline
techniques for equipment inspection and evalua-
tion. These techniques use site-specific informa-
tion to facilitate the identification of shifts in
significant operating variables. Operating
volumes of a number of control systems will be
reviewed to illustrate the baseline technique.
Other topics include: visible emission observa-
tion, inspection/maintenance safety, and ad-
ministrative and legal aspects of plant inspection.
Length: 3 days
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Tea-get audience: Agency Inspectors and control
system operating personnel
Sponsor/location: APTI
Basic Inspector Training Course
This basic training course focuses on knowledge
common to conducting most investigations/in-
spections. Consisting of classroom lectures,
demonstrations, and field exercises with ex-
perienced inspectors and presented in modular
format, this program includes training in four
categories: administrative, technical, communica-
tion, and legal.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Technical investigative staff
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Compliance Monitoring
The purpose of this course is to acquaint new in-
spectors with the NPDES Compliance Information
Program and to serve as a refresher for ex-
perienced inspectors. In addition, the course will
help to assure consistency in the NPDES Com-
pliance Inspection Program and inform inspectors
of new inspection sampling procedures. Instruc-
tion will be given in legal issues, sampling proce-
dures, biomonitoring procedures, flow
measurements, and laboratory procedures.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: NPDES compliance inspectors
Sponsor/location: Regions 4, 9
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Criminal Enforcement
This course Is designed to provide a basic under-
standing of EPA's criminal enforcement program
and the criminal enforcement process generally.
There are presentations providing guidance on
what sorts of violations should be considered for
criminal investigation; what EPA inspectors
should look for in identifying potential criminal
cases; and participation in grand jury presenta-
tions and criminal trials.
Length: I day
Target audience: EPA program and legal office
personnel
Sponsor/location: Region 2
Drafting Effective Regulations
This course provides training in the regulatory
process and in how to write effective legal regula-
tions. Participants learn to identify and overcome
complications inherent in writing regulations;
develop skills in drafting, redrafting, and critiqu-
ing regulations; and recognize and understand
the legal implications of rulemaking. They also
learn to understand the structure of the intra-
agency rulemaking process and recognize the sig-
nificance of OMB review statutes, executive
orders, and agency directives.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Employees responsible for
drafting and critiquing regulations
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
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Dun and Bradstreet Seminar
This seminar Is designed to provide an explana-
tion of the Dun and Bradstreet reports and other
Dun and Bradstreet services. A Dun and
Bradstreet representative will be available to
answer questions and discuss the services Dun
and Bradstreet can provide under EPA's contract.
Examples of such services Include business inves-
tigations of companies, tracking the "family his-
tory" of a business, and determining if a business
has outstanding government loans.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Any employee who plans to
use the Dun and Bradstreet services
Sponsor/location: Region 4
Effective Permit Writing Workshop
Emphasis in this workshop is In reviewing,
analyzing, and drafting construction and operat-
ing permits. A series of case studies will provide
practical experience for participants.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Professional and technical
staff responsible for permit writing and Inspection
Sponsor/location: APTI; Region 5
Environmental Law—An Introduction
This course is designed to provide participants
with a basic understanding of the Federal en-
vironmental statutes under the authority of which
EPA operates. Some of the major regulations im-
plementing the Agency's programs will be dis-
cussed, together with selected legal problems
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associated with environmental issues. Topics in-
clude the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Compen-
sation and Liability Act. the Toxic Substances
Control Act. and the Clean Water, Clean Air, and
Safe Drinking Water acts.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All EPA techical staff
Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 6
EPA Trial Advocacy Institute
This course provides EPA attorneys an intensive
experience in litigation and trial advocacy skills.
By simulating pretrial and trial segments of litiga-
tion, the course offers students many oppor-
tunities for individual practice in the art of trial
advocacy.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Attorneys from the Office of
General Counsel, the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Monitoring, and the Office of Regional
Counsel.
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
This program is designed by the Office of General
Counsel to provide each participant with a better
understanding of conflict-of-interest laws and the
EPA standards of conduct. The course format in-
cludes lecture, class discussion, and case studies.
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Length: 21/23 hours
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Expert Witness Seminar
This course Is designed by the Office of General
Counsel to teach environmental professionals to
work effectively with lawyers. The objectives of the
course are to provide participants with a basic un-
derstanding of the legal system as it relates to
EPA's environmental education, regulation, and
enforcement missions; to ensure that participants
understand the basic anatomy of a lawsuit and
the nature of the litigation process; and to teach
the student what to expect of depositions and of
direct and cross examination at a trial.
Length: I day
Target audience: EPA employees who work
closely with OGC and OECM attorneys; person-
nel, public affairs, and management staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Federal Register
This interlocking five-part course has been
designed to address the broad spectrum of
problems encountered in meeting the require-
ments of the Office of Federal Register. The five
parts are:
Tips and Tricks—An overview of the problems
encountered when presenting a signed Agen-
cy document to the Office of Federal Register.
Codification—Discussion of the structure and
organization of codified material; how to
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develop codification schemes and make them
work for you; how to restructure, recodify, and
fix existing problems through amendments;
and how to prevent future problems.
Format—Discussion of the specifics of docu-
ment preparation and provides basic guidance
in handling simple text, charts, diagrams,
tables, and so on; focuses on the "do's and
don'ts" of document mechanics.
Unique Problems—Detailed discussion of
tabular material, incorporation by reference,
bibliographical reference structures, graphics,
diagrams, chemical symbols, etc.; appropriate
times to use appendixes and attachments; of-
fset work, galley proofs, separate parts, etc.
Finding Aids—Discussion of the available aids
that can be used to locate information in the
daily issue of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); covers in-
dexes, list of sections affected, and related
material.
Length: 4 hours per topic
Target audience: Employees responsible for
physical content and form of Federal Register
documents, including document drafters and
midlevel managers
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Freedom of Information Act Training
This program is designed by the EPA Freedom of
Information Office and the Office of General Coun-
sel to provide each participant with information
about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and
the Agency's implementing policies and proce-
dures. The FOIA, the EPA's amended regulations,
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the Agency's new manual, and recent case law are
discussed through lectures and workshops.
Length: 2 hours-2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Incinerator Permitting
This course trains new permit writers in the
basics of incineration technology and permitting.
It covers basic combustion concepts, incineration
design, incinerator regulations, exemptions,
monitoring, trial-burn planning and observation,
and establishing permit conditions.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: New permit writers
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys
This course Is conducted by staff of the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring. Par-
ticipants will be able to practice skills and techni-
ques in a simulated enforcement case settlement
negotiation. The course will cover planning for
negotiations, understanding the roles and respon-
sibilities of government participants in a negotia-
tion, and using tactics to expedite negotiations.
The course reviews basic negotiation concepts,
and EPA's position on issues commonly en-
countered in enforcement settlement negotia-
tions.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Attorneys and technical staff
who have joined the Agency within the last year
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 1
New Sources Review/Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Permitting Regulations for the Construction
of New Sources and Modifications of Sources of Air
Pollution
This course is a practical overview of Federal re-
quirements for the preconstruction permitting of
air pollution sources in both attainment areas and
nonattainment areas. The course objectives are to
understand when NSR/PSD applies; to under-
stand the EPA role versus the State role; to under-
stand SIP adoption authority versus delegation;
and to ensure consistent regional implementation
of NSR/PSD.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: EPA and State personnel
responsible for NSR/PSD permitting and other in-
terested EPA personnel
Sponsor/location; Region 1
Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena or
Similar Process or Demand
This seminar provides a general overview of EPA's
information-gathering ability beyond the tradi-
tional inspection, information demand, and com-
pliance with permit. Extensive handouts are
provided; limited class size allows plenty of time
for discussion. Subjects include advantages/dis-
advantages; historical and present limitations on
use of such devices; and the need to communicate
with and work closely with attorneys. The course
familiarizes program personnel with background
work they must do first.
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Length: 4 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Region 10
OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop
This workshop includes a discussion of the cor-
rective action process, a review of the scope and
applicability of corrective action authorities, a dis-
cussion of the development of Section 3008(h) cor-
rective action orders, the use of the Corrective
Action Plan and other OSWER guidance to
develop the scope of work, and oversight during
the corrective action process. Course instruction
is accomplished through lecture, discussion, and
course studies.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Regional personnel involved
with corrective action
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) Search Workshop
This course provides participants with the tools
necessary to ensure that a thorough PRP has been
conducted to identify all parties with potential
liability for hazardous waste at a site.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: EPA, State agency enforce-
ment and waste personnel, Department of Jus-
tice, and contractors involved in the PRP search
process
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance Training
This course covers all major subject areas pertain-
ing to RCRA facilities. Topics covered Include a
review of the corrective actions process, sampling
and analysis, work plan development and Im-
plementation, and planning and management.
Other lectures, supplemented by workshops, in-
clude such topics as site characterization, surface
water, groundwater, air, soil, and subsurface gas.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: EPA and State Agency person-
nel
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 2, 4, 5, 9
RCRA Inspector Training
This course gives participants current Informa-
tion on regulations, new Inspection guidance
documents, and field techniques to improve
inspectors' ability to detect and document viola-
tions.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: Regional and State RCRA In-
spection personnel
Sponsor/location: OSWER; HQ Institute;
Regions 1,2,36,7, 8, 9. 10
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enforcement
Personnel
This course is designed to present and explain fre-
quently encountered problems and to introduce
available RCRA resources and reference
materials. The course is aimed toward improving
communication and coordination between the
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permitting and enforcement activities under
RCRA. Course instruction consists of lectures,
discussions, and demonstrations.
Course topics concerning enforcement and per-
mitting include general facility standards; con-
tainers; tanks, RD&D; land disposal;
groundwater; and incineration. The other session
includes generators and transporters; outcome of
inspections/reviews, and a problem session. The
joint permitting/enforcement sessions include
corrective action; RCRA/CERCLA overlap; Federal
facilities; permitting/enforcement interface; and
facility management planning.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: RCRA permitting and enforce-
ment staff and support personnel
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 2, 9
Regulation Development in EPA
This course is designed to provide an in-depth in-
troduction to all major elements of the Agency's
regulation-development process, including the
origins of EPA's rulemaking responsibilities, key
decision points, required documents, Internal and
external review procedures, and types and sour-
ces of essential information for individual
rulemaking efforts. Key Agency personnel who are
involved in the process present the materials and
provide the opportunity to discuss issues. Those
sessions will give participants a comprehensive
overview that broadens their understanding of the
regulation-development process. Each course
participant will receive a comprehensive hand-
book for future reference.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Agency personnel who are or
will be actively Involved In developing EPA regula-
tions
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
Regional Enforcement Seminar
This course covers the complete enforcement
process. Topics Include an overview of general en-
forcement, investigation, case development, and
litigation techniques.
Length: 2 days
Target audience; Engineer, scientist, and
specialist trainees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Skills Development in Negotiation of CERCLA/RCRA
Disputes
This course includes lectures on the basic skills of
negotiations, how to deal with tricks and tactics,
negotiating for the government, and on the types
of alternate dispute-resolution techniques (media-
tion, arbitration, special masters). The course also
includes four simulations in which participants
role-play simulated negotiations.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Headquarters, regional, and
State technical enforcement staff and attorneys
with responsibility for negotiating RCRA or
CERCLA hazardous waste site cleanups
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement Analysis System
This seminar provides a briefing and hands-on
demonstration of the computer-assisted Super-
fund Settlement Analysis System. No prior ex-
perience with computers is necessary. The
seminar will use an actual case to demonstrate
the data-gathering steps needed to feed the com-
puter model and will simulate several different
outcomes of settlement offers (cash contribu-
tions). The model has recently been revised in a
user-friendly format. Those staff with some ex-
perience in the Superfund Settlement Analysis
System are invited to bring with them to the semi-
nar sample cases for demonstration purposes.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA enforcement staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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Health and Safety
Basic Respiratory Protection Training 115
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 115
Disaster Response Training 115
Earthquake Preparedness Briefing 116
Emergency First Aid 116
First Aid and CPR Training 116
Hazard Communication 117
Health and Safety Orientation 117
Initial Health and Safety Certification Training 118
Inspection Procedures and Safety 118
Laboratory Safety Training 118
Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training 119
Multimedia First Aid 119
Personnel Protection and Safety 119
Recertification Health and Safety Training 120
Refresher Respiratory Protection Training 120
Response Safety Decision-Making 120
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Safety In the Field 121
Safety Orientation for New Employees 121
Safety Refresher Training Course 122
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Training 122
Superfund Workshop for Managers 122
Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites 123
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Basic Respiratory Protection Training
This basic course covers the regulations, use, and
limitations on using respirators and Includes a
respirator-fit test. The objective of this course is to
provide field and laboratory employees with an
understanding of the operation, use, and especial-
ly the limitations of using air-purifying
respirators. This training and fit testing is re-
quired in accordance with the OSHA standard for
employees who wear air-purifying respirators
during the performance of their duties.
Length: 4-8 hours
Target audience: Field or laboratory employees
who wear or may be required to wear air-purifying
respirators
Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 10
Cardie-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
See description under Personal and Professional
Development
Disaster Response Training
This course covers Heart Saver CPR, Disaster
First Aid, and Disaster Preparedness.
Length: I day
Target audience: Fire wardens
Sponsor/location: Region 9
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Earthquake Preparedness Briefing
This course gives an overview of Region 9's
earthquake preparedness plan and discusses how
the San Francisco Bay Area would fare In a major
earthquake.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Emergency First Aid
This course provides training on first-aid action
for medical emergencies encountered in the field:
severe bleeding, breathing/circulation stoppage,
and shock resulting from Injuries.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Mandatory for field employees
Sponsor/location: Region 5
First Aid and CPR Training
Utilizing discussion, demonstration, and self-
study, participants become familiar with first aid
skills for wounds, shock, respiratory emergencies,
poisoning, burns, dressings and bandages, etc.
Participants also become familiar with CPR prin-
ciples and techniques and learn to demonstrate
their application in a practice session.
Length: 4 hours
Target audience: Field and laboratory
employees, emergency coordinators and floor
monitors
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Sponsor/location: All locations
Hazard Communication
EPA Order 1440.7, Hazard Communication, and
other Federal standards require the use of signs,
tags, and labels to alert employees to actual or
potential hazards in the workplace and to provide
information on effects and protective measures.
This course covers the Agency's Hazard Com-
munication program; risk and how to reduce it in
the workplace; hazardous substances; material
safety data sheets; types of control methods; how
when to select personal protective clothing and
equipment; and emergency procedures.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: AH employees whose job re-
quires that they work near or with hazardous sub-
stances
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Health and Safety Orientation
This course covers a summary of OSHA and EPA
regulations, medical monitoring requirements,
training requirements, availability of protective
clothing and equipment, etc.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All field inspectors and
laboratory employees
Sponsor/location: Region 10
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Initial Health and Safety Certification Training
This course covers health and safety requirements
for EPA field personnel. It includes hazard recog-
nition and awareness.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA field inspection personnel
Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 6, 9
Inspection Procedures and Safety
This course presents inspection safety procedures
for air pollution control systems. Practical techni-
ques are described to aid plant operations person-
nel and regulatory agency inspectors in
minimizing health and safety hazards. Emphasis
is placed on the recognition and avoidance of
hazards, and the use of personal protection equip-
ment is discussed. Discussions in this course are
limited to air pollution control system inspection
and maintenance. The course is intended to sup-
plement general industrial hygiene and safety
procedures courses which should be taken by all
personnel engaged in field work.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Plant operations personnel
and regulatory agency inspectors
Sponsor/location: APT!
Laboratory Safety Training
This course provides training on safe handling of
hazardous and toxic materials in the laboratory
and on prevention of personal injury and
loss/damage through fire or explosion.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: Mandatory for all laboratory-
employees
Sponsor/location: Region 5; Cincinnati
Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training
This course provides training on safe driving tech-
niques for highway and city driving, the rules of
the road, and Federal Vehicle Regulations.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Mandatory training for all field
employees and other employees regularly driving
vehicles on official business
Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 6, 10
Multimedia First Aid
See description under Personal and Professional
Development
Personnel Protection and Safety
This course provides basic information on the
protection and safety of personnel engaged in field
operations dealing with hazardous substances.
Course topics include fundamentals of respiratory
protection; types of respiratory protection ap-
paratus; protective clothing; air monitoring; and
safety procedures for conducting response opera-
tions.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Personnel who respond to ac-
cidents involving hazardous substances or inves-
tigate hazardous waste sites.
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Sponsor/location: All locations
Recertification Health and Safety Training
Tliis course covers pertinent field health and
safety topics. It is required annually for all EPA
field personnel.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Field personnel who are
presently certified at the basic, Intermediate, or
advanced level
Sponsor/location: Regions 6, 9
Refresher Respiratory Protection Training
This course is for employees who have had the
Basic Respiratory Training course. The refresher
course, which includes respirator fit testing,
provides field and laboratory employees with an
understanding of the operation, use, and especial-
ly the limitations of air-purifying respirators. This
training and fit testing is required in accordance
with OSHA standards for employees who wear air-
purifying respirators during the performance of
their duties.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: Field or laboratory employees
who wear or may be required to wear air-purifying
respirators
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Response Safety Decision-Making
This course complements other EPA basic safety
courses and provides participants with more
detailed guidance for making effective safety
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decisions. Course topics include the respon-
sibilities and liabilities of a response safety officer.
the requirements for an overall health and safety
program, risk assessment and its impact on safety
planning, technical areas of response safety, and
developing and implementing site-specific safety
plans.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: EPA, State, and local
employees who develop, implement, or manage
safety programs for chemical emergencies or
cleanup at abandoned hazardous waste sites
Sponsor/location: All locations
Safety in the Field
This course provides training on hazard recogni-
tion and evaluation, safe use of field instrumenta-
tion for radiation, basic toxicology, and safe
sampling techniques.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Mandatory for all field
employees
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Safety Orientation for New Employees
This program presents an overview of safety pro-
cedures: general safety, security, office safety, ac-
cident reporting, and building tour.
Length: 11/2 hours
Target audience: All new employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 3, 10
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Safety Refresher Training Course
This course reinforces and complements initial,
routine training of employees assigned to work in
the field. The areas of specific training in the
course include topics of current Interest and re-
quested topics. Including site-control measures.
decontamination procedures, confined-space
entry, respiratory protection, and special topics
such as asbestos-exposure control.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Field personnel
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 10
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Training
This course on the use and operation of SCBAs in-
cludes donning and wearing the respirators for
approximately 15 minutes. The objective is to
maintain proficiency in the use of self-contained
breathing apparatuses for employees who wear
the units during field or emergency activities.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: Field hazardous investigation
teams; emergency response station, laboratory
spill response teams
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Superfund Workshop for Managers
This course covers training, medical surveillance,
and industrial hygiene monitoring programs at
Superfund sites.
Length: 1 day
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Target audience: Managers and supervisors of
employees Involved with hazardous materials and
their cleanup
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites
This course, designed to fulfill OSHA require-
ments, covers hazard recognition, toxicology, per-
sonal protective equiment, monitoring equipment,
site control, and contingency planning.
Length: 40 hours
Target audience: EPA, State, and local person-
nel who work at Superfund sites
Sponsor/location: Region 9
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Personal and Professional Development
Asbestos Removal in the Home: What You Need To Know 131
Accelerated Reading 131
Black History Month Seminar 132
Career Checkup 132
Career Development for Secretarial and Support Staff 132
Career Management Workshop 133
Career Planning and Development 133
Characteristics of Success 134
Course Design 134
CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) 134
CPR and Emergency Response First Aid 135
Creative Problem Solving • 135
DATAHEALTH—Ergonomic Training for VDT Operators 135
EEO Coordinators Training 136
EEO Training for Counselors 136
EEO Training for Employees 137
Effective Listening and Memory Development 137
Effective People Skills 138
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continued
EPA Institute Instructor Training 138
Ergonomic Skills Training 138
Fear of Success 139
Federally Employed Women National Training Program 139
Financial Planning Seminar 140
First Aid In the Home and Office 141
FreshStart 141
Grammar and Punctuation 141
The Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals,
Engineers, and Administrative Staff 142
Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word 142
Health Awareness and Education Seminar 143
Healthy Back 143
How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job 143
Interpersonal Communications 144
Leadership and Women 144
Lunchtlme Training Video Series 145
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Merit Promotion and Preparing an Effective SF-171 145
Multimedia First Aid 145
National Security Policy 146
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New Employee Orientation 146
Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? {Myers-Brlggs Type
Indicator) 146
Performance Anxiety 147
Personnel Information Series 147
Personnel Management for EEO Staff 148
Planning for Career Advancement 148
Pre-Action Investigations 148
Prevention of Sexual Harassment 149
Program Evaluation Techniques 149
Retirement Planning Seminar 150
Sexual Harassment Update 150
SF-171 Preparation Workshop 150
Spanish Conversation 151
Stress Management 151
Summer Wellness Lecture Series 151
Time Management 152
Tax Reform Act of 1986 152
Women's Week Programs 153
Working (Zenger-Miller) 153
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Your Image—Making the Most of You 153
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Development
Asbestos Removal in the Home: What You Need To Know
This seminar covers topics for homeowners who
may encounter asbestos in their homes. It in-
cludes a discussion on the history of asbestos; as-
bestos-containing products that are commonly
found in the home; how to identify asbestos on
home heating systems; regulations which cover
asbestos removal in the home; how to locate a
reputable contractor; proper removal and han-
dling of asbestos-containing materials; and infor-
mation sources.
Length: I 1/2-2 hours
Target audience: Anyone contemplating an as-
bestos-removal project or anyone who wishes to
gain knowledge in the area of asbestos
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Accelerated Reading
This course will help participants increase their
reading speed by at least 50 percent while main-
taining at least the same level of comprehension.
The course uses a variety of reading-skill techni-
ques suitable for different types of government
reading materials.
Length; 4-5 days
Target audience: Professional and paraprofes-
sional employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3; RTF
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Black History Month Seminar
The A. W. Breidenbach Environmental Research
Center Office of Civil Rights sponsors a seminar in
observance of Black History Month each
February, evolving around a theme. Topics have
included The Afro-American Family, Where We Go
from Here, How We Get There, and Heritage for
America.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Career Checkup
This course helps participants give their careers
more direction and increases their self-under-
standing. It provides a systematic approach to
career planning. Topics include assessing your in-
terests, skills, and abilities; determining what you
want to do; formulating long- and short-range
goals; starting an Individual development plan;
and resources for potential help.
Length: 3 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Career Development for Secretarial and Support Staff
Knowledge of the Federal system, both in terms of
skills and performance and in terms of the rules
of the personnel system, is an important con-
tributor to effective career planning. This course
acquaints participants with some ins and outs of
the personnel system, helps evaluate skills and
goals within it, and helps set goals.
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Length: I day
Target audience: Secretarial and support staff
Sponsor/location Ann Arbor
Career Management Workshop
This workshop includes information about
knowledge, skill and ability (KSA) requirements
for equal or higher level jobs, along with training
and developmental assignment implications. The
course is divided into four parts: Where am I now?
Who am I? How are my goals and those of EPA re-
lated? Where do I want to go, and what will I do
next? The workshop teaches participants the con-
cepts and tools of career planning and how to
apply them to their own careers. It also conveys
the concept of dual career paths for scientists and
technical employees in EPA.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Regions 4, 8, 9;
Ann Arbor
Career Planning and Development
This course gives participants an understanding
of the importance of an effective career plan. Par-
ticipants examine their career plan, analyze their
current strengths and weaknesses, and adopt a
plan for success that includes both short- and
long-range planning.
Length: I day
Target audience: All EPA support staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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Characteristics of Success
This course uses an Informal lecture format
designed to encourage questions and group par-
ticipation. Topics to be discussed include: what is
a promotable image; what are the basic skills
shared by upward mobility employees; does
everyone need to possess the same skills; does it
help to have a role model or mentor; how does at-
titude affect advancement; how do you get there
from here?
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Anyone Interested in career
advancement
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Course Design
This course helps Instructors design a lively
course that serves their purposes. The precise
format of the course depends on the needs of the
participants. A workbook complements the
course.
Length: 1 day, followed by individual consult-
ation
Target audience: EPA employees and work
groups designing approved Institute courses
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation)
This course trains participants in the method of
restoring breathing and circulation to victims of
an accident or sudden illness such as heart at-
tack. The course includes lectures, demonstra-
tions, and mannequin practices.
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Length: 3-4 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2; Cin-
cinnati; RTF
CPR and Emergency Response First Aid
This emergency-response training teaches techni-
ques for adult and single-person rescue for CPR
certification. The 12 lifesaving steps, which in-
clude bandaging, treating shock, splinting frac-
tures, treating burns, choking, symptoms of heart
attack, etc., are covered.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Creative Problem Solving
This course enables participants to use a simple
model for analyzing and solving problems, teaches
them to use their senses more effectively as
problem-solving tools and to use both sides of
their brains in the problem-solving process, and
helps them improve their listening and facilitation
skills.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9; RTF
DATAHEALTH-Ergonomic Training for VDT Operators
This course enables employees to perform their
jobs more effectively by improving their health
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and comfort, and encourages them to apply basic
ergonomic principles. Participants are en-
couraged to make optimum use of their existing
equipment in their existing environment given
their existing job design. DATAHEALTH provides a
"do-it-yourself1 approach that allows and en-
courages employees to take charge of their own
environment and work organization.
Length: 1 day plus work area visit and consult-
ation for each participant
Target audience: Employees who use word
processing or computer equipment with VDT
screens
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
EEO Coordinators Training
This training focuses on affirmative action:
recruitment, goals, barriers, and completing the
annual Affirmative Action Plan. Workshops are
conducted on specific subjects, such as dis-
crimination complaints, dealing with managers,
etc. Program evaluations and EEO updates are
given.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: EEO coordinators
Sponsor/location: Office of Civil Rights; Las
Vegas
EEO Training for Counselors
This training outlines the basic components of the
EEO process and the responsibilities of EEO
counselors and provides updates on regulatory re-
quirements.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: EEO counselors
Sponsor/location: Office of Civil Rights; Las
Vegas
EEO "Raining for Employees
The training outlines the basic components of the
EEO process and provides information on
employee rights.
Length: 1 day
Target audience; All employees
Sponsor/location: Office of Civil Rights; Las
Vegas
Effective Listening and Memory Development
Most government workers spend 40 to 50 percent
of their workday listening. Through listening sur-
veys, brief lectures, practical exercises and dis-
cussions participants learn practical techniques
for improving listening skills. They learn to recog-
nize and overcome barriers to effective listening;
better organize information transmitted orally;
and comprehend, retain and recall Information
more effectively.
Length: 16 hours
Target audience: Employees who need to im-
prove listening and memory skills
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2; RTF
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Effective People Skills
This seminar is designed to help participants
learn about their behavioral style of interaction
and that of others; learn about people and their
needs; and learn to increase their productivity
and personal satisfaction.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 2; Cincinnati
EPA Institute Instructor Training
This program is designed by the EPA Institute to
prepare people who have been selected by their or-
ganizations as trainers for Institute courses. The
objectives of the course are to train people In
making their course presentations as effective as
possible, using a wide range of training techni-
ques and approaches; to develop strategies for
self-presentation, tailoring to the learner, par-
ticipation by the group, and solving potential
problems; to develop approaches suitable for
adult learners in a peer situation; and to develop
a support network of Institute trainers at EPA so
they can exchange ideas, feedback, and contacts.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA employees who are plan-
ning to teach in the Institute
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Ergonomic Skills Training
Ergonomics is the study of the relationship be-
tween people and machines. Ergonomics seeks to
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Improve the comfort, health, and productivity in
the automated office. Dataspan training develops
an awareness of proper physical techniques which
can increase comfort and reduce fatigue, stress,
eye strain, back strain, and neck strain. Topics in-
clude visual scan training; visual memory/per-
ceptual accuracy training; auditory
memory/recognition training; and adjusting
chairs and screens, arranging desks and acces-
sories, and organizing documents.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Support service staff and
others who must work at office machines for long
periods of time
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Fear of Success
In recent years, more opportunities have opened
for career advancement for many people. Women,
minorities, and individuals whose vocational suc-
cesses have placed them in higher socioeconomic
brackets now face a new problem: how to cope
with the success that they worked toward, didn't
expect, and now fear. Thinking successfully can
lead to feeling successful—and this program aims
to overcome fear of success by straightening out
the thinking process.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Federally Employed Women National Training Program
Federally Employed Women (FEW) is the major
professional association for women in the Federal
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Government. The workshops offered at the Na-
tional Training Program are valuable for all
employed women. Each year more than 100
workshops are offered in five different sessions.
The committee recommends that two people at-
tend: the FWPM and one other elected committee
member who has shown an active interest in the
women's program. The FWPC also recommends
that each of the five divisions and staff offices be
encouraged to sponsor one of their employees to
attend this yearly training.
Length: varies
Target audience: Interested EPA women
employees
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Financial Planning Seminar
This course is intended to help Federal employees
make decisions on switching to the Federal
Employee Retirement System (FERS) or remaining
under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
and on participating in the Thrift Plan. It includes
an overview of the financial planning process
which involves defining personal goals, preparing
financial statements, analyzing financial situa-
tions, and developing a plan to achieve goals. It
also includes a review of FERS and the Thrift Plan
with group discussions on how financial planning
techniques can be used to make decisions on set-
ting up a plan for retirement.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Regions 2, 9;
Cincinnati
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First Aid in the Home and Office
This class is designed to teach individuals the first
aid provided in emergency care of bums, seizures,
choking, poisons, cuts, and bruises. Information
in this class is designed for emergencies that
occur in the metropolitan area.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 2. 3
FreshStart
This program was developed as part of the new
EPA smoking policy and is presented in coopera-
tion with the American Cancer Society. It is
designed to help participants stop smoking by
providing them with all the information and
strategies needed to direct their own efforts at
stopping. The program focuses on an active, prag-
matic approach to quitting smoking. Participants
are encouraged to apply what they learn in Fresh-
Start to other aspects of their lives.
Length: 4 1-hour sessions
Target audience; All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Grammar and Punctuation
In this course, participants develop skills in
reviewing and applying the major rules of gram-
mar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
They will also learn editing techniques and how to
write more clearly, correctly, and concisely.
Length: 4 hours
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Target audience; All Interested employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
The Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals, Engineers,
and Administrative Staff
This seminar is offered at three separate times for
three target audiences: clericals, engineers and
scientists, and administrative staff. It reviews the
essentials of English grammar Including sentence
structure, punctuation, spelling, and editing tech-
niques. The class will examine samples of good
and poor writing in letters, memos, and reports.
Class exercises will help writers with problems
such as wordiness, confusion, and writer's block.
Length: 2 hours per week for 6 weeks
Target audience: Separate classes for clerical
staff, engineers and scientists, and administrative
staff
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word
This course provides a thorough review of English
grammar and its correct usage in the Government
office. The course includes lectures, visuals,
group discussion, and workbook exercises using
EPA materials.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Entry- and mid-level support
staff.
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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Health Awareness and Education Seminar
This course covers a variety of physical and men-
tal health issues, such as How To Cope with
Stress, Clearing the Air About AIDS, Getting into
Shape, and Avoiding Accidents.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Healthy Back
This program addresses the four elements that go
into a healthy back lifestyle: understanding how
your back functions, how to keep your back in
good condition, proper techniques for lifting, and
how to relieve back pain if it does occur.
Length: 11/2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job
This course has been developed by Alan Lakeln
and is distributed by The Calty Curtis Company,
Hollywood, California. This management
workshop contains two films and Is an oppor-
tunity to learn ways to make the most efficient use
of time. The seminar helps participants develop
concrete skill to gain mastery over their lives and
their jobs.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All interested employees
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Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Interpersonal Communications
This course is designed to help participants in-
crease their personal and organizational effective-
ness through improved communications in the
office. Participants will learn to deal more effec-
tively with people and to build stronger working
relationships. Communication techniques which
reduce conflict and misunderstanding are em-
phasized.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Secretaries and support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF
Leadership and Women
Instructional strategies used in this course are
designed for maximum group interaction. Back-
ground reading assignments supplement role
plays, discussions, case studies and simulations.
Participants learn to assess their primary style of
leadership and tendencies to practice a single
style; identify the characteristics of various
leadership styles and determine the effects of each
on others' behavior and performance; better un-
derstand their role as supervisor and identify
specifically their role in the organization.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Employees in managerial,
professional, technical or administrative positions
Sponsor/location: RTF
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Lunchtime Training Video Series
During their lunch hour, employees may view a
work-related video. Titles include "A Tale of 'O'";
"Beyond Excellence: The Super Achievers"; "How
Am I Doing?"; "Meetings, Bloody Meetings"; "Mor-
ris Massey Triad: The Past, the Present, and the
Future"; and others.
Length: approximately 1/2 hour-1 hour
Target audience: Managers and supervisors; all
employees welcome
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Merit Promotion and Preparing on Effective SF-171
This workshop is designed to help employees un-
derstand the Merit Promotion Program. It also
helps participants write effective Job descriptions
to improve the presentation of their qualifications
and experience.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Multimedia First Aid
The course includes instruction on how to stop
bleeding, care of bums, choking, rescue, bandag-
ing, and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
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National Security Policy
This seminar is designed to provide an introduc-
tion to the complex problems involved in the ad-
ministration of national security policy. It
includes the interrelationships between the politi-
cal, military, technological and doctrinal factors
affecting national security.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Interested employees
Sponsor/location: RTF
New Employee Orientation
All locations provide orientation for new
employees. The precise form and length of the
orientation differ from one place to another. For
specific information, contact your training office.
Length: varies
Target audience: Ail new employees
Sponsor/location; All locations
Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? (Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator)
This is not so much a course, but a test and its in-
terpretation. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI) is an excellent tool for clarifying types and
preferences as they relate in the workplace. The
results give a fairly in-depth interpretation as well
as a sophisticated profile of participants' types as
they relate to others. Participants will be tested
and the results interpreted and discussed either
individually or in the group.
Length: 1/2 day
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Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location; Region 10
Performance Anxiety
Athletes, performing artists, and public officials
have to battle that enemy of optimum perfor-
mance—anxiety. Many people who are not as
visible In the community also experience a sense
of panic which can inhibit optimum performance.
This program identifies sources of anxiety and
presents strategies and techniques of relaxation
and thinking to reduce anxiety and improve
ability to perform in work, school, on the playing
field, or in the public eye.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience; All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Personnel Information Series
The Personnel Information Series is a continuing
program that utilizes formal Instruction, brown-
bag lunches, and panel formats to cover a variety
of personnel topics of interest to regional
employees. The primary objective of the series is
to ensure that employees are knowledgeable in the
fundamentals of the personnel administrative
systems that affect them.
Length: 1/2-1 hour
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location; Region 10
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Personnel Management for EEO Staff
The course shows how EEO objectives may be In-
tegrated into Agency personnel policies and prac-
tices. Among the topics to be covered in the course
are personnel management and the management
process; using the Federal Personnel Manual;
position classification and position management;
training and development; staffing and place-
ment; employee and labor relations; and appeals
and grievances.
Length: 32 hours
Target audience: Employees with EEO respon-
sibilities
Sponsor/location: Region 5; RTP
Planning for Career Advancement
This workshop outlines strategies for career ad-
vancement with particular emphasis on the
Federal system. Participants learn to assess their
strengths (and value systems); enrich their
present job; develop skills in assertive interview-
ing and preparing an effective SF-171; and
develop a plan to achieve their career goals.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Ml employees in grades GS-9
and below
Sponsor/location: Region 10
Pre-Action Investigations
This course presents techniques and information
in order to ensure that investigations are proper-
ly and effectively carried out. Participants learn
about personnel regulations dealing with discipli-
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naty actions; appeal/grievance procedures avail-
able to employees; and basic approaches neces-
sary for conducting a pre-action investigation.
They also are offered a suggested report format for
presenting findings resulting from pre-action in-
vestigations.
Length: 16 hours
Target audience: Officially designated pre-ac-
tion investigators
Sponsor/location: RTF
Prevention of Sexual Harassment
This training consists of definition, respon-
sibilities, and updates on preventing sexual
harassment in the work place.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Ml employees; special session
for supervisors
Sponsor/location: Region 2; Las Vegas
Program Evaluation Techniques
This course explores concepts, skills, techniques,
and issues involved in assessing the impact of a
given project or program; the progress of a project,
program, or managerial activity during implemen-
tation; and longitudinal studies. Topics include
the purposes and types of evaluation; the relation-
ship of evaluation to planning and the manage-
ment process; problem identification and
formulation; selection of evaluation criteria; data
collection methods; sampling theory and techni-
ques; and analysis and interpretation.
Length: 3 days
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Target audience: Staff members who are in-
volved in making evaluations, or who are subject
to the outcome of evaluations
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Retirement Planning Seminar
This seminar helps employees plan and enjoy a
successful retirement life. Topics include retire-
ment benefits, social security, health, legal, and
tax aspects.
Length: 2-3 days
Target audience: Those employees (and their
spouses) within 5 years of retirement
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 6; Ann
Arbor; Cincinnati; RTF
Sexual Harassment Update
This training consists of definition, respon-
sibilities, and updates on preventing sexual
harassment in the workplace.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: All employees; special session
for supervisors
Sponsor/location: Las Vegas
SF-171 Preparation Workshop
This course offers valuable information on how
best to complete the SF-171 and also reviews the
purpose of ranking factors which are listed on
Merit Promotion announcements.
Length: 2 hours
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Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 9
Spanish Conversation _
This course will develop and improve basic
Spanish skills. Case studies and examples will be
used to highlight specific ways Spanish can be
used to enhance the Agency's goals.
Length: 1 hour per week for 8 weeks
Target audience: Employees with some
knowledge of Spanish
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Stress Management _
This course teaches participants to identify "stres-
sors" in their lives. Participants examine at-
titudes, learn how they affect the perception of
stress, and learn skills for dealing more effective-
ly with stress.
Length: 2 days
Target audience; All employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2,9, 10
Summer Wellness Lecture Series
This is a series of lectures that focus on topics re-
lated to the overall issue of well-being. Topics in-
clude such things as fitness, nutrition, weight
loss, relaxation, parenting, etc. The objective of
the series is to provide participants with Informa-
tion that will enable them to enhance their
productivity through better well-being.
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Length: 1 hour
Target audience; All EPA employees
Sponsor/location; Region 10
rime Management
The objective of this course is to help employees
at all levels make the best possible use of time—
their own, their subordinates', and their
coworkers'. Topics include how to save up to 2 full
hours every working day, how to decide what is
important and what is urgent, how to cut down
the "time wasters" in a day, and how to conquer
procrastination. Participants will also learn a sys-
tematic approach to organizing time better.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Regions 2, 5;
RTP
Tax Reform Act of! 986
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made sweeping chan-
ges to the tax system. This seminar explains those
changes that apply to individuals by presenting
an overview of how the major provisions of the new
law differ from the old, which provisions of the old
law have been repealed, and how the new law af-
fects dependents.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All Employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
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Women's Week Programs
To celebrate Women's History Month, the A. W.
Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
Federal Women's Program sponsors at least four
workshops. Examples of topics are Women in
Science and Engineering, Educational Options for
Career Advancement, Conflict Resolution, and
Managing Career and Family.
Length: 1-2 hours
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location; Cincinnati
Working (Zenger-Miller)
"Working" is a Zenger-Miller skill development
program designed to give individual workers the
confidence to contribute and the skills to com-
municate and participate effectively. It is a value-
driven skills program that stresses such basic
principles as treating coworkers with respect and
courtesy and maintaining constructive relation-
ships with team members. It also encourages
employees to take initiatives to improve the way
they do their work and how they communicate.
Length: 12 2-hour sessions
Target audience: Nonsupervisory employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 6, 9; Las Vegas
Your Image—Making the Most of You
This highly interactive workshop gives par-
ticipants an opportunity to evaluate the image
they present to others and identify activities and
skills that can help build their own and others'
self-esteem. Participants learn to avoid personal-
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appearance pitfalls that detract from a profes-
sional image; identify personal strengths; develop
a professional image; and learn to use hand-
shakes and other forms of nonverbal behavior to
communicate confidence and competence.
Length: I day
Target audience: All interested employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
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Secretarial and Support Staff Development
Administrative Forms Preparation 159
Advanced Proofreading 159
Basic Proofreading 159
Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and Support
Staff 160
Better Office Skills and Services 160
Career Development For Secretarial and Support Staff 161
Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program 161
Clerical Skills Review 161
Congressional Briefing Conference for Secretaries and
Support Staff 162
Correspondence Formats and Procedures 162
Effective Job Interviewing Skills for Support Staff 162
Environmental Studies Program 163
Filing 163
How To Prepare the SF-182 164
The Making of a Leader 164
Management Development for Secretaries 164
Managing Office Relationships 165
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continued
Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and Support
Staff 165
Office Management 166
Office Procedures Workshop for Support Staff 166
Office Productivity 167
Professionalism in the Office 167
Reading Comprehension 168
Records Disposition 168
Secretarial Decision-making 168
The Secretary and the Supervisor 169
Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Administrative
Assistants 169
Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff 170
Telephone Training 170
Timekeeping 171
Travel (Lodgings-Plus) 171
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Development
Administrative Forms Preparation
This workshop provides a comprehensive over-
view of the preparation of commonly used EPA ad-
ministrative forms (e.g.,training, personnel,
procurement).
Length: 3 hours
Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3
Advanced Proofreading
This course trains participants to proofread more
systematically, thoroughly, and quickly. The
course format includes lecture, workshop, and
visual scanning. Topics covered are proofreading
using specific techniques, developing visual ac-
curacy, sharpening basic language skills, and
techniques to reduce errors.
Length: I day
Target audience: Mid- and senior-level support
staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Basic Proofreading
Using a variety of EPA-typed materials, this
workshop-and-lecture course teaches par-
ticipants how to look for errors, how to use
proofreading symbols, how to shorten time spent
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proofreading, and how to review correspondence
for content, good sentence structure, misspelling,
and spacing.
Length: 4-18 hours
Target audience: Entry- and mid-level support
staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 4, 5, 6,
10; RTF
Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and Support
Staff
This course, which is specifically designed for
secretarial and support personnel, covers the
basic theory and practices of effective writing. It
includes writing and editing exercises as well as
skills-building practice in grammar. Areas of writ-
ing weakness will be identified, and participants
will be shown easy ways to use the principles of
effective word usage and correct English.
Length: 1-4 days
Target audience: Secretarial and support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 6
Better Office Skills and Services
This course gives clerical employees the oppor-
tunity to learn about proper work attitudes, the
role of the clerical support staff, office diplomacy
and human relations, telephone techniques,
proper grammar, organizing work, and effective
methods of communication.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: New clerical support
employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 9, 10; RTF
Career Development For Secretarial and Support Staff
See description under Personal and Professional
Development
Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program
This program provides support to secretarial staff
to prepare for the CPS examination through onslte
college-level courses. (The CPS is a registered ser-
vice mark rating that has become the standard for
measuring secretarial proficiency.) To attain the
CPS rating, a secretary must meet certain educa-
tion and work-experience requirements and pass
the 2-day examination administered annually.
The CPS examination covers behavioral science,
law, economics, accounting, office administration,
communications, and office technology.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Clerical Skills Review
This course emphasizes how to use the Clerical
Manual and offers refresher training on telephone
techniques, correspondence procedures and
policies, and completion of administrative forms.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Secretaries, clerk-typists,
Stay-in-School employees
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Sponsor/location: Region 9
Congressional Briefing Conference for Secretaries and
Support Staff
This course is tailored for personnel who provide
technical or administrative support for the
Agency's legislative activities and need a basic in-
troduction to congressional processes. The course
provides comprehensive orientation to the or-
ganization, personnel, functions and operations of
Congress, particularly as it affects the executive
branch.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Secretarial and support staff
(GS-5 through GS-9)
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; RTF
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
This workshop reviews EPA procedures and policy
for formatting letters and memorandum and gives
an overview of regional correspondence proce-
dures.
Length: 3 hours
Target audience: Secretarial and clerical staff
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 9
Effective Job Interviewing Skills tor Support Staff
This workshop addresses the skills needed to con-
duct oneself effectively while being interviewed for
a job vacancy. It will focus on the techniques im-
portant to making a favorable impression in an In-
terview. Practice interviews will be critiqued
individually by the instructor.
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Length: 3 hours
Target audience: Secretarial, clerical, and sup-
port staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2. 3;
RTF
Environmental Studies Program
In conjunction with Temple University, Region 3
has developed an Environmental Studies Program
to assist employees in their professional develop-
ment. Course offerings include English Composi-
tion. How To Prepare A Research Paper, People
and Environment, Environmental Policies, Urban
Government, and Urban Policy Analysis—An En-
vironmental Focus.
Length: 15 weeks
Target audience: Upward Mobility employees
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Filing
This course acquaints participants with the types
of filing systems designated for EPA use and sug-
gestions for systems to be used by individual of-
fices. The course also covers what to file, how to
create a filing system, and archiving procedures.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: All support staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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How To Prepare the SF-182
This course provides basic training on prepara-
tion of the Request. Authorization, Agreement and
Certification of Training (SF-182) form. Par-
ticipants will learn when, why, and how to fill out
the SF-182.
Length: 11/2 hours
Target audience: Secretarial staff
Sponsor/location: Regions 2,10
The Making of a Leader
The objective of this course Is to equip par-
ticipants with the concepts and tools needed to
grow into mature, effective leaders. Through a
combination of lecture, workshop, and video, the
course covers such topics as characteristics of a
good leader, communication, decision making,
controlling situations, morale and motivation,
and team development.
Length: 16 half-day sessions
Target audience: Supervisory secretaries
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Management Development tor Secretaries
This program emphasizes career development for
the senior-level secretary. Topics include Under-
standing Motivational Needs, Problem-Solving
and Decision-Making, Managing Growth and
Change, and Communication Rights and Respon-
sibilities.
^Length: 1/2 day
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Target audience: Senior-level secretaries
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Managing Office Relationships
This course was designed by a group of secretaries
at headquarters to train other secretaries to cope
better with everyday office situations. Through
group discussion and exercises, this course uses
"real life" examples to illustrate typical problems
and practical solutions. The course provides prac-
tical strategies for dealing with office relationships
to increase professionalism; reduce work-related
stress; and enhance ability to get the job done.
Length: 1 day
Tea-get audience: Secretarial and clerical staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 3; RTF
Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and Support
Staff
This course explores the impact of technology on
the traditional office structure. It acquaints par-
ticipants with the kinds of automated equipment
that can be found in the office today and in the fu-
ture; participants will learn technology that will
allow the truly "paperless office." Changes In the
traditional boss-secretary relationship will be ex-
plored, and the responsibilities of the secretary
and support staff in the management of office
automation systems will be defined. A session will
be devoted to ergonomics and exercises that will
help relieve stress associated with working at a
terminal. Skill requirements, career paths, and
educational opportunities in preparing for a
career In the office of the future will be addressed.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Secretaries and support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Office Management
This course discusses interpersonal and
managerial issues from the manager's point of
view for those who are managing offices or coor-
dinating clerical work. Upon completion of this
course, participants will be able to: identify basic
steps in goal setting and the management-by-ob-
jectives process; identify the managerial functions
in their jobs; apply planning, organizing, and
communicating techniques for more effective of-
fice management; discuss motivation theories and
how to apply them; and recognize factors con-
tributing to increased office productivity.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Employees responsible for
clerical-managerial activities in their offices
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 10
Office Procedures Workshop tor Support Staff
This course teaches skills necessary to perform
successfully in the modern government office.
Simulated work projects, role playing, and
audiovisual aids and discussion are used In this
program.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Secretarial and support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
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Office Productivity
This program utilizes the workshop approach in
teaching participants how to work effectively with
people and systems.
Participants learn to analyze work flow and
relationships with peers, supervisors and subor-
dinates; develop work objectives and set priorities;
identify steps to be followed in solving a problem;
develop strategies for implementing small-scale
change; and identify criteria to be used in mean-
ingful staff evaluation.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Secretaries, administrative as-
sistants, staff assistants, office managers and su-
pervisors
Sponsor/location: RTF
Professionalism in the Office
This course, which uses lecture, video, and
workshop techniques, acquaints participants
with the skills that make employees more profes-
sional on the job. Topics include understanding
your role in the organization, professional be-
havior, communication, time management, per-
sonal organization, and motivation and
self-development.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience; All support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 5, 10
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Reading Comprehension
This course helps support staff achieve Increased
reading comprehension, reading rate, recall,
retention, and flexibility with all types of reading
material. The course includes reading, practical
exercises, and homework.
Length: 2 half days a week for 8 weeks
Target audience: All support staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Records Disposition
This course acquaints participants with proper
procedures for maintaining and disposing of
Federal records. Topics include organization and
management of records, archiving, record-reten-
tion period, packaging, and shipping. Participants
tour the Records Center Facility.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Mid- and senior-level support
staff
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Secretarial Decision-making
This course is taught using in-basket exercises,
simulation, group discussions, case studies and
role playing. Participants learn to apply a sys-
tematic approach to decision-making and
problem-solving; separate facts from inferences
while understanding the role of each; identify
potential group decision situations; separate job
problems from people problems and treat each ap-
propriately; generate creative alternatives and ob-
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jectlvely evaluate each option; and use persuasive
techniques in communicating proposed solutions.
Length: 16 hours
Target audience: Secretaries.clerical employees,
and administrative assistants
Sponsor/location; RTF
The Secretary and the Supervisor
The secretary-supervisor team can be a produc-
tive, enjoyable arrangement, or it can be a
frustrating, unproductive one. This course will
help both the secretary and the supervisor look at
their ways of working together, communicating
with each other, and sharing responsibilities. This
is a highly participative course for secretaries and
their supervisors designed to help them work as a
team. The instructor will meet with secretaries
only on the first day and supervisors only on the
second day; secretaries and supervisors will at-
tend together on the third day.
Length: 2 1/2 days
Target audience: Secretaries and their super-
visors
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Administrative
Assistants
This workshop offers participants an opportunity
to learn, discuss, and practice specific techniques
which will enable them to develop more effective
office teams and increase cooperation in the office.
Participants will learn to identify what can be ex-
pected of support staff and what support staff ex-
pect of supervising secretaries and administrative
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assistants. They will also learn to select and orient
new employees, delegate effectively, and listen to
employees with empathy and understanding.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Secretaries and administrative
assistants with supervisory responsibilities
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff
This program orients new secretarial and clerical
employees to EPA practices and procedures. Par-
ticipants in this program will learn about the
Agency's administrative systems and services;
discover techniques for handling troublesome and
routine telephone communications; and explore
the nature of office relationships among
secretaries and between them and their super-
visors; and identify ways to manage these
relationships most effectively.
Length: 4 days
Target audience: Secretaries and clerical
employees who are new to the Agency
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Telephone Training
This course teaches participants how to project a
positive image of the Agency over the telephone.
Participants learn basic telephone mechanics;
how to give and receive complete, correct Informa-
tion; how to handle irate callers; and how to query
callers.
Length: 3 hours-1 day
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Target audience: Support staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 2, 3,
5, 6. 10; Cincinnati; RTF
Timekeeping
This course will enable timekeepers and desig-
nated agents to understand timekeeping policies
and procedures. The course is intended to explain
fully how to complete, certify, and correct time
cards; how to complete the T/A Batch Control
Sheet; and how to report labor-distribution infor-
mation. It also familiarizes participants with rules
and regulations governing premium pay, paid
leave, and other absences.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Timekeepers and designated
agents and alternates
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
This course provides an understanding of travel
policies and procedures under the Diners Club
Card program and "Lodgings-Plus" system ap-
plicable for temporary duty assignments and local
travel. It familiarizes participants with Agency
travel forms and proper preparation of these
forms for new, amended, and canceled travel ar-
rangements; instructs participants on procedures
for reimbursement of local travel expenses;
familiarizes participants with available sources of
travel information and services within the Agency
and through the Travel Management Center; and
fosters knowledge and understanding of the
Federal Travel Regulations in determining all
reimbursable travel expenses.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: EPA employees who prepare or
approve travel documents, and all employees who
travel on behalf of the Agency
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
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Management Development
Administration of Public Policy 179
Advanced Management Seminar 179
Basic Labor Relations 180
Basic Management Techniques 180
Basics of Program/Project Management 181
Congressional Briefing Conference for Professionals 181
Consensual Approaches to Environmental Management 182
Construction Management Evaluation 182
Current Issues Seminars 183
Dealing with Sexual Harassment: A Briefing for
Supervisors and Managers 183
Development of Subordinates 184
Dynamics of Team Work 184
Economics and Public Policy 185
Effective Leadership Techniques 185
Executive Development Seminar 186
Federal Personnel Management Issues 186
Federal Program Management 187
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Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager Workshops I
and II 187
Framework for Supervision 188
Frontline Leadership 188
Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar 189
Human Relations Training 189
Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters 189
Interview Techniques 190
Job Analysis Process 190
Keys to Managerial Excellence 191
Labor Relations Briefings 191
Management Development Seminar 191
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program 192
Management of Natural Resources 193
Management of Scientific and Engineering Personnel 193
The Manager and Supervisor as Editor 193
Managerial Decision-Making 194
Managing Conflict Productively 194
Managing Diversity 195
Managing for Results 195
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McGraw-Hill Supervision Series 196
Middle Manager Seminar 196
Minority/Women's Business Enterprise (M/WBE)
Workshop 196
Orientation to Schedule B 197
Performance Appraisal Techniques 197
Performance Management and Recognition System
(PMRS) 198
Performance Management System (PMS) 198
Personnel Management for Management 198
Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series 199
Project Management 199
Project Management for the Scientist and Engineer 200
Regulatory Policy Seminar 201
The Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO 201
Science. Technology, and Public Policy 202
Seminar for New Managers 202
Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes 203
Special Emphasis Program Managers Training 203
Statistics for Managers 204
Summer Employment Briefing 204
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Supervision— An Introduction 204
Supervision and Group Performance 205
Supervision (Zenger-Miller) 205
Supervisory Orientation Program 205
Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop 206
Technical Managers Program 206
Toward Excellence 207
Understanding Supervision 207
United States Foreign Policy 208
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Administration of Public Policy
This seminar examines the political, social and
ethnic environments in which public policy is in-
itiated, developed and implemented. Participants
explore the ways in which public policy is in-
fluenced by political and career executives in
government. Topics include the role of the mass
media in shaping and reporting on public policies
and programs; the impact of civic groups on
public policy; and the present organization of the
Federal government and the outlook for reor-
ganization. Participants also explore the Federal
career exective's responsibility to assure that
Federal agency activities accurately reflect central
policy guidelines.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Managers and executives
Sponsor/location: RTP
Advanced Management Seminar
Prior to the program, participants receive an ad-
vance assignment which includes readings, ques-
tionnaires, and case studies. This precourse work
requires about 10 hours to complete. This
residential seminar emphasizes development
skills for managers in both rational systemic and
interpersonal areas. It helps participants in-
tegrate the two approaches to management be-
havior and refine the skills for using them In
practical situations. The course focuses on plan-
ning and resource-utilization models;
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problem-solving processes; systems analyses;
networking; decision-criteria charting; develop-
ment and evaluation of managerial strategies; and
management-development analysis.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Managers responsible for
directing major programs
Sponsor/location: RTF
Basic Labor Relations
This course helps supervisors and managers deal
with unions and exclusively represented
employees in everyday situations. The course uses
participative lectures, group discussions, role
playing, and films to show how to identify the key
features of Title VII (CSRA) for supervisors; hand-
le grievances; prevent and resolve unfair labor
practice charges; and determine when the union
must be allowed to be represented in meetings
with employees.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Supervisors, managers and
management officials who deal with union
stewards or with employees represented by the
union
Sponsor/location: RTF
Basic Management Techniques
This program uses work projects, lectures, dis-
cussions, films, and reading to focus on selected
management techniques—planning, organizing.
and controlling. The course covers planning and
scheduling resources; establishing work unit
goals; charting techniques for work planning;
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managing time; delegating; Improving produc-
tivity with office technology; and reviewing prin-
ciples of organization. This course meets the
criteria outlined In the Federal Personnel Manual
and the Agency Training and Development
Manual.
Length; 40 hours
Target audience: Supervisors
Sponsor/location: RTF
Basics of Program/Project Management
This comprehensive course covers various types
of project management organization and the pro-
cedures necessary to plan, organize, staff, direct,
and control projects in research, development.
production, services, or construction. Because
many program/project managers possess techni-
cal expertise but frequently lack management
training, part of the first session will be devoted to
a review of the general principles of traditional
management. The course material is compatible
with current Federal regulations, directives, and
practices.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Program and project
managers
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Congressional Briefing Conference for Professionals
This conference provides in-depth knowledge
about congressional operations, organization.
functions, and procedures. Participants will also
gain a better understanding of the role Congress
plays In the activities of the Executive Branch.
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Topics include how legislative and budget
priorities are set and major environmental issues
presently being considered in Congress.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Managers and supervisors
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 3; RTF
Consensual Approaches to Environmental Management
This course offers a concise review of the theory
and practice of consensus building and collabora-
tive problem solving. The emphasis is on techni-
ques and strategies that top-level managers can
use to encourage team building, more effective
cooperation, and more potent environmental
resrlts. The training will involve reading assign-
ments, lectures, exercises, role plays, and simula-
tions that are designed to engage participants in
hands-on negotiating. Each exercise and activity
will be thoroughly debriefed to ensure that all
learning and opportunities for "real world" ap-
plication are identified. Time will be set aside for
participants to discuss application of consensual
principles to specific current or anticipated needs.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Senior managers and staff
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Construction Management Evaluation
This course Instructs participants in the concepts
and techniques for construction project evalua-
tion. It is Intended to help provide regional and
State managers with a perspective on what is
needed to evaluate a Superfund construction
project. Course topics include cooperative agree-
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ment management, construction management,
reporting, and documentation.
Length: 3 days
Tea-get audience: Regional and State managers
of Superfund construction projects
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Current Issues Seminars
These seminars are tied closely to ongoing policy
themes. Current issues seminars concentrate on
proposals and current perspectives on the proces-
ses of government as well as high-level Ad-
ministration initiatives. Program content will
include a mix of background information, policy
evaluations and administration recommenda-
tions.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Senior managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
Dealing with Sexual Harassment: A Briefing for
Supervisors and Managers
This course is intended to increase participants'
awareness of sexual harassment In the workforce
and its impact. The course strengthens super-
visory skills in observation, communications, and
counseling to assist in the prevention of sexual
harassment and other discrimination charges.
Participants will develop a greater understanding
of the resolution process and the supervisor's
critical role in that process.
Length: 1 day
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Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Development of Subordinates
This course provides managers and supervisors
with the ability to conduct effective career-path
counseling and to assist subordinates in develop-
ing a training plan. Topics include the goals of
coaching and the role of the organizational supe-
rior in the coaching process; techniques of coach-
ing, with special emphasis on interviewing
methods; career-path counseling; individual
development plans; and coaching and counseling
procedures to improve the performance of subor-
dinates.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
team leaders
Sponsor/location: Region 5; Ann Arbor
Dynamics of Team Work
This workshop enables participants to acquire
skills and techniques to facilitate their ability to
manage conflict, increase problem-solving skills,
increase goal achievements, decrease destructive
competition, and increase cooperation.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Managers and supervisors
Sponsor/location: Region 2; Cincinnati
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Economics and Public Policy
This seminar is concerned with intensifying
economic understanding and insight as economic
issues are related to Federal policy coordination
and implementation. It incorporates historical
perspectives regarding the nature, intent and ef-
fects of Federal involvement in the private sector;
examines the economic consequences of Federal
public policy activities; and surveys attempts to
mitigate adverse effects stemming from Federal
intervention. Lectures present representative
economic case studies to provide a useful, practi-
cal reference matrix for Federal policy executives.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Managers and executives
Sponsor/location: RTF
Effective Leadership Techniques
This course addresses the effectiveness charac-
teristics of managers, supervisors, and team
leaders related to organizational leadership. The
program stresses leadership skills and attitudes
which further develop a manager's ability to lead
both individuals and groups. Topics to be covered
include definitions of leadership, dynamics of
leadership and its function in an organization, dif-
ferentiation between leadership and other
management responsibilities, assessment of per-
sonal leadership qualities and styles, sources of
power and how they provideresources for the
leader, personal values present in an organization
and their implications for leadership.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
team leaders
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Sponsor/location: Region 5
Executive Development Seminar
In this seminar's unique interagency setting, par-
ticipants will have the opportunity to develop a
broader perspective of their roles and their
agencies' programs. Emphasis will be directed to
public policy accountability and efficient im-
plementation of mandates. The course addresses
three major areas of the executive's needs: deter-
mining the sources of Federal public policy man-
dates; developing an effective working
relationship with the relevant policy sources; and
implementing Federal policy decisions within the
constraints of the executive environment.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Upper-level managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
Federal Personnel Management Issues
This seminar is an in-depth exploration of issues,
policy options and implementation solutions to
managing Federal government personnel. The
seminar focuses on such issues as reductions in
force; governmentwide implementation of effective
performance appraisal systems; merit-pay im-
plementation; retirement system modifications;
improvements in the classification system; strikes
and strike threats; and performance-based incen-
tives.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Executives and managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
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Federal Program Management
This seminar provides an understanding of the
total environment and operation of Federal
programs. Participants have an opportunity to
compare their methods of program management
with those of other program managers who have
handled similar problems. Among the topics ex-
amined are the impact on the program manager of
Administration policy and proposals for stream-
lining Federal agencies; the public's expectation of
agency responsiveness; the role of the manager in
crisis resolution; administrative and managerial
accountability; and problems of intergovernmen-
tal and interjurisdictional coordination.
Length; 80 hours
Target audience: Program managers
Sponsor/location: RTP
Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager Workshops I
and II
These workshops explain the role of the FWP and
EEO in the Agency and also defines the inter-
relationships between the FWP and the EEO
program. It is recommended that this training be
attended by the elected committee members and
their alternates.
Length: 3 days per workshop
Target audience: Required for newly elected
FWP members
Sponsor/location: Region 5
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Framework for Supervision
This program Is mandatory for all newly appointed
supervisors in EPA. The course is designed to
bridge the gap from worker to supervisor and to
provide insight into the supervisor's key role as
part of the management team. Topics to be
covered include management theory, EPA expec-
tations, basic principles of good supervision, com-
munication skills, correcting problem behavior,
monitoring work progress, delegating, interview-
ing skills, EPA management and administrative
systems, and recognition.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Newly appointed supervisors
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Frontline Leadership
This course focuses on creating an environment
for productivity, improving morale, and success
for both the employee and the supervisor.
Frontline Leadership emphasizes five basic prin-
ciples: (1) Focus on the situation, issue, or be-
havior, not on the person. (2) Maintain the
self-confidence and self-esteem of others. (3)
Maintain constructive relationships with
employees, peers, and managers. (4) Take initia-
tive to make things better. (5) Lead by example.
The methodology is learning by example, practice,
and feedback. The program is adapted to meet
Region 9 needs.
Length: 3 hours of classroom time once every 2
weeks
Target audience; Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Region 9
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Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar
This seminar helps participants become more
aware of the abilities of handicapped persons and
helps eliminate barriers to their employment. It
deals with hiring, managing, and advancing per-
sons with disabilities within the Federal Govern-
ment.
Length: 1/2-1 day
Target audience: Managers and supervisors
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Human Relations Training
This program develops skills in working more ef-
fectively with people. In addition to learning to
tune in to others, participants learn to under-
stand their own levels of self-confidence and self-
esteem. They will learn practical ways to handle
feelings of frustration, anger, defensiveness, and
hostility in themselves and others. Topics include
why people act the way they do, listening skills,
interpersonal conflict resolution, negotiation
skills, dealing with different people, communica-
tion styles, and transactional analysis.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
team leaders
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Interview Skills Workshop tor Recruiters
This course ensures that EPA recruiters are
properly trained and equipped to conduct inter-
views and to be competitive with private-sector
recruiters.
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Length: 1 day
Target audience: Managers who serve as
recruiters
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 7
Interview Techniques
This course develops the communication skills a
supervisor needs to conduct and design effective
Interviews. Participants receive feedback on their
communication in an interview and learn how to
Improve it by communicating clearly, concisely,
completely, and correctly. The course also helps
participants set goals for various types of Inter-
views and provides techniques and strategies for
attaining them. Other topics covered Include
probing for information, techniques for question-
ing, and identifying individual strengths and
weaknesses.
Length: I day
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
team leaders
Sponsor/location: Regions 2, 5
Job Analysis Process
This course provides a detailed discussion of the
Merit Promotion process and the role of the super-
visor/subject matter expert in the development of
criteria to rank applicants.
Length: 1 1/2-2 hours
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
who recruit under the Merit Promotion plan
Sponsor/location: Region 9
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Keys to Managerial Excellence
The primary focus of this course is on defining the
middle managers' role In EPA and in examining
the critical elements of their job. Participants will
also gain knowledge of the various approaches to
accomplish goals and learn to select appropriate
approaches to meet different situations.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA managers
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Labor Relations Briefings _
This program uses lectures, discussions and a
series of in-basket exercises to show how to iden-
tify the labor relations rights and responsibilities
of managers who set policy and direction; explain
management's obligation to a union when
management implements a decision; and plan to
ensure that the labor relations rights and respon-
sibilities of agency supervisors are fulfilled.
Length: 6 hours
Target audience: Managers and executives with
the authority to influence labor relations policy
and approaches
Sponsor/location: RTP
Management Development Seminar _
This seminar examines the dynamic role of the
Federal manager in meeting policy needs and ex-
pectations. It involves intensive classroom work
designed to strengthen participants' capacities to
manage personnel and property resources more
effectively in achieving program implementation.
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Topics Include complexity and conflict In person-
nel management; planning, implementing and
evaluating programs; time management and
delegation of authority; reviewing program jus-
tifications to ensure policy compliance; and
managing in an era of growing accountability.
Legal and ethical concerns of Federal managers,
Agency personnel management improvements,
cutback mandates, and ways to speed work flow
are also discussed.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Experienced managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
Management of Construction In the Superfund Program
This course provides an introduction to the
management of construction In the Superfund
program. It is Intended to help provide regional
and State managers with a perspective on what Is
needed to plan, schedule, and control a Super-
fund construction project. The course addresses
the management issues to be considered In the
construction activity and provides a foundation
from which attendees will grow In their technical
and administrative competence. Course topics In-
clude successful management practices, the bid-
ding process, procurement practices, project
design, management of change orders and claims,
and construction inspections. Training Is
provided by means of classroom lecture, case
studies, and group discussion.
Length: 2-3 days
Target audience: Superfund staff (EPA and
other Federal, State, and local government
employees)
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Sponsor/location: OSWER- Regions 1,4, 6. 9.10
Management of Natural Resources
This seminar explores Federal stewardship of
natural resources and its importance to the con-
tinued growth of the United States. Reasonable al-
ternative theories will be postulated so that public
administrators can consider the probable
economic, environmental, technological and civic
consequences of ideas and proposed actions.
Many natural resources and technologies will be
surveyed, along with the current procedures
through which policy options are chosen.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
Management of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
Through both cognitive and effective learning
situations; participants learn practical methods of
influencing superiors; effective deployment of
scientific and engineering talent; practical person-
nel management; performance assessment and
improvement; and state-of-the-art technology as-
sessment.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Middle-level managers or first-
level supervisors in scientific and engineering or-
ganizations
Sponsor/location: RTF
The Manager and Supervisor as Editor
See description under Communications
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Managerial Decision-Making
This program combines a conceptual framework
and practical application for exploring managerial
decision-making in government organizations.
The course provides an opportunity for par-
ticipants to analyze their own decision-making
techniques. It also provides skill and practice in
assessing and improving individual and group be-
havior in the decision-making process. This
program provides knowledge and skill in the key
managerial competency areas of direction and
guidance of programs and projects; utilization of
human resources; and review of Implementation
and results.
Length: 16 hours
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, project
managers, task force leaders, team leaders and
other management officials
Sponsor/location: RTF
Managing Conflict Productively
This course was created by Fred E. Jandt and is
distributed by University Associates, Inc., San
Diego, California. It is a workshop using exercises
to demonstrate assessment of behavior styles in
conflict situations. This seminar explores
conflict's destructive consequences and produc-
tive uses, as well as ways to negotiate/mediate
conflict.
Length: I day
Target audience; Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
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Managing Diversity
The success achieved In broadening the workforce
means that managers and supervisors are dealing
with a culturally, ethnically and racially diverse
workforce. This workshop provides a better un-
derstanding of the issues and concerns manage-
ment faces in this regard. Its aim is to provide
skills for supervisors who must be prepared to
deal with challenges stemming from differences of
race, culture and ethnicity in a rapidly growing
workforce.
Length: I day
Target audience: Managers and supervisors
Sponsor/location: Region 2
Managing for Results
Prior to the course, each participant takes the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). On the first
day, participants use their MBTI results to explore
their own preferences and experience alternative
styles. The second day involves work in small-
group exercises and case studies to explore the
characteristics of each style in typical planning,
problem-solving, and decision-making situations.
Participants will also begin to develop alternative
strategies for motivating employees, managing
performance, and reacting to "problem" situa-
tions.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
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McGraw-Hill Supervision Series
The McGraw-Hill Supervision series consists of 14
learning modules. Topics include fundamental
skill building (managing people, communicating
with people) and interpersonal skill building. In-
terpersonal skills include such areas as improving
employee work habits, delegating effectively,
using positive discipline, implementing change,
and coaching for improved performance.
Length; 31/2 hours
Target audience: All EPA supervisors,
managers, team leaders, and administrators
Sponsor/location; Region 5
Middle Manager Seminar
This seminar uses a balanced program of lectures,
work problems, case studies, and workshops to
help participants more clearly define their role
and direct their management efforts. Participants
have an opportunity to reflect on how they cur-
rently perform their jobs and think about areas of
improvement.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Line or staff managers above
the first level of supervision or persons being
prepared for such positions
Sponsor/location: RTP
Minority/Women's Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Workshop
This workshop provides information on the role,
functions, and responsibilities of personnel in the
M/WBE program on EPA grants and cooperative
agreements.
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Length: 11/2 hours
Target audience: Regional project officers,
grants specialists, State officials, and selected
EPA recipients
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Orientation to Schedule B
This course discusses the history of Schedule B
for professional/administrative career positions,
advertising procedures, and selection process. A
short summary of alternative recruitment techni-
ques to Schedule B will also be provided. The
focus will be on Environmental Protection
Specialist recruitment.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Performance Appraisal Techniques
This program uses lectures, demonstrations, brief
readings, film, and workshops. It helps par-
ticipants improve interpersonal skills needed to
deal successfully with employees; conduct coun-
seling interviews; provide feedback in an ap-
propriate and timely manner; and understand the
dynamics of the appraisal process.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: Supervisors, managers and
other employees whose work involves a skill
and/or knowledge of appraisal techniques
Sponsor/location: RTF
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Performance Management and Recognition System
(PMRS)
The process, procedure, and results of the 1987
PMRS will be reviewed and changes In law or
regulation for the 1988 appraisal period will be
discussed.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: SES and CM employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Performance Management System (PMS)
Performance Management is the systematic
process by which managers at all levels of an or-
ganization integrate basic management functions
with performance, pay, and incentive systems for
the purpose of improving individual and organiza-
tional effectiveness toward the accomplishment of
agency mission and goals. This briefing will ex-
amine the basic components of the PMS and
review the timetable for implementation of the
1988 appraisal process.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Personnel Management for Management
This course is designed to help participants un-
derstand through lectures and discussions the
changes in personnel policy and management as a
result of CSRA. Subsequent regulations have
necessitated particular focus on the impact of
these changes. This course helps participants
learn to use merit system principles and avoid the
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use of prohibited personnel practices; identify and
use the principles of position management, per-
formance management, and position classifica-
tion; use various methods for recruiting and
staffing to fill positions; provide training and
development to improve organizational and in-
dividual performance; and understand better
their role and responsibilities in labor manage-
ment relations, EEO, performance appraisal and
employee relations.
Length: 24 hours
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
management officials
Sponsor/location; RTF
Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series
This series concentrates on the knowledge of per-
sonnel principles, practices, and procedures su-
pervisors need in their everyday dealing with
employees. Topics include administration of leave,
labor relations, equal employment opportunity,
and performance management.
Length: varies
Target audience: First-line supervisors and
other supervisory personnel
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
Project Management
This seminar is designed to present EPA project
managers with fundamental strategies for merg-
ing practical project management tools into the
complex environment. It concentrates on techni-
ques and issues pertinent to aiding the project
manager complete projects within time and
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resource constraints. The seminar covers project
management from the planning stage through the
appraisal phase. Participants learn how to avoid
conflict by preparing a meaningful project charter.
They will see how the right choice of report-back
systems can make the critical difference in how
much control there is over a project; how readily
corrective action can be selected; and how easily
refinements are implemented.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Supervisory and nonsuper-
visory engineers, scientists, environmental
protection specialists, project officers, manage-
ment analysts, financial and budget plan-
ners/analysts, software development managers
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Project Management for the Scientist and Engineer
This introductory-level course covers all of the
fundamental principles and techniques of project
management, Including such areas as team build-
Ing and leadership styles, scheduling and track-
Ing, report generation, and the use of computer
software as an adjunct to successful project
management. Each course consists of lectures,
problem-solving exercises, assigned readings, and
a hands-on demonstration of the number 1-rated
project management software package on the
market today, Microsoft PROJECT.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Scientists and engineers In-
volved In project management
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF
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Regulatory Policy Seminar
This seminar analyzes Federal regulation from a
broad, policy-oriented perspective. It examines
historic and current trends in Federal regulation
with an eye to finding solutions to the public's
concern over excessive government regulation.
Recognizing that the discretion given to Federal
executives to undertake regulatory initiatives
varies according to agency and
legislative mandate, the seminar focuses on the
necessity for creativity in finding regulatory policy
solutions within the framework of existing
statutes.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Executives
Sponsor/location: RTF
The Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO
This course is designed to raise the "EEO con-
sciousness" of supervisors and managers, as well
as to educate them on pertinent EEO regulations.
Topics include the basic policies, principles, and
requirements of Federal EEO programs; and the
roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and
manager with respect to affirmative action plans,
upward mobility, special-emphasis programs,
and discrimination complaints processing.
Length: 4 hours-2 days
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Regions 5, 9, 10; Las Vegas
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Science, Technology, and Public Policy
This seminar is designed to provide the oppor-
tunity to review the nature of science and technol-
ogy as it exists in Federal Government agencies,
the effect of science and technology on policy, and
the organization and management of a variety of
science programs; and to explore the relation-
ships between technological advances and civic
and economic issues.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Managers and scientific
professionals
Sponsor/location: RTF
Seminar tor New Managers
This seminar helps participants determine an ap-
propriate personnel management style; apply sys-
tematic processes to the establishment of goals
and objectives; and interpret labor-management
responsibilities of managers. Participants also
learn to interpret and utilize personal and Inter-
personal forces in an organization to achieve
Federal organizational objectives; to evaluate ob-
jectively performance and accomplishments; to
develop a systematic approach to Federal
problem-solving and decision-making; and to al-
locate resources to achieve officially stated objec-
tives.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: New Federal managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
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Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes
This course has been developed by Dr. Paul Her-
sey, president of the Center for Leadership
Studies, California. This three-part videotape,
facilitator-assisted management module is an op-
portunity to look at the process of influencing be-
havior, which entails assessing follower
performance. This seminar explores leadership
styles and couples certain styles with follower
readiness.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: New managers, or as a
management refresher
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
Special Emphasis Program Managers Training
Within EPA there are three Special Emphasis
Programs: Black Employment, Hispanic Employ-
ment, and Federal Women's Programs. SEP train-
ing addresses personnel administration and
management, labor relations, employee relations,
position classification and recruitment, human
resources management and development, self-
development (effective listening, communication
skills, and briefing techniques), budgeting, finan-
cial management, performance appraisal sys-
tems, EEO complaints, external/internal
compliance, and other EEO- and personnel-re-
lated subjects.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EEO program officials, GS 7-
14
Sponsor/location; Office of Civil Rights
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Statistics for Managers
See description under Science and Technology,
Cross-Media
Summer Employment Briefing
This course provides a general outline of the sum-
mer employment program, with discussions on
identifying positions, time frames, receipt-of-ap-
plication procedures, qualification criteria, and
selection process.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Supervision— An Introduction
This course uses lectures, readings, workshops,
group discussions, and films to present the fun-
damentals of supervision, including basic con-
cepts of organization, work planning, and
productivity. During the course, participants
review responsibilities in merit promotion, equal
employment opportunity, labor relations, safety,
and accident prevention; study the communica-
tion process in supervision; and study human be-
havior, motivation, interpersonal relations and
discipline in the workplace. They also are intro-
duced to problem-solving and decision-making
techniques. The course meets the criteria outlined
in the Federal Personnel Manual and the Agency
Training and Development Manual.
Length: 40 hours
Target audience: Supervisors
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Sponsor/location; RTF
Supervision and Group Performance
Team member satisfaction and commitment are
key factors in achieving peak performance in an
organization. Supervisors need to create condi-
tions for individual growth in group situations.
This course gives valuable insights for generating
new cooperation within teams.
Length: 5 days
Target audience: Supervisors and team leaders
Sponsor/location: Region 3
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
This multisession course teaches supervisors the
basic steps required to be effective in their jobs,
including hiring, setting job standards, counsel-
ing employees on work in progress, giving recog-
nition, resolving employee conflicts, averting
discrimination, and others. Through the use of
videotaped examples, discussion, and practice,
supervisors will learn and expand upon skills that
they can apply to their Jobs Immediately.
Length: 1/2-1 day per week for 1 year
Target audience: All EPA managers and super-
visors
Sponsor/location: HQ; all locations (except
Regions 5, 9)
Supervisory Orientation Program
The Supervisory Orientation Program Is a series of
informational interviews with key OPM personnel
(POB. SSB, Comptroller, EEO, etc.) to familiarize
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new first-line supervisors with their administra-
tive and personnel management responsibilities.
The program is intended to supplement the man-
datory 3-day course "Framework for Supervision"
and provide more Immediate advice and assis-
tance to employees with supervisory respon-
sibilities. The program is also designed to allow
new supervisors to complete the interviews one at
a time over a 2-week period, or all in a single day.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: New supervisors
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop
This training presents an overview of basic EPA
personnel management policies, rules, and
regulations that affect the Agency's day-to-day
operations. Topics to be covered include position
management and classification, employee rela-
tions, recruitment and staffing, merit promotion
procedures, the performance management sys-
tem, training and career development, labor rela-
tions, standards of conduct, and Upward Mobility
Program procedures.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: All EPA supervisors,
managers, and team leaders
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Technical Managers Program
This program consists of five 2 1/2-day sessions
over a semester. The curriculum includes lec-
tures, seminars, case analyses, and small-group
discussions. Participants gain clear management
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concepts and techniques; a better understanding
of human behavior In organizations and Improved
skills for building effective working relations; and
a better awareness of when to delegate and when
not to.
Length: Five 2 1/2-day sessions over a semester
Target audience: Engineers, research directors,
computer analysts, project managers, chemists,
section chiefs, and technical personnel
Sponsor/location; RTF
Toward Excellence
This program consists of 15 20-minute tapes,
workbooks, readings and audio instruction
materials which guide a management team
through key practices used by successful U.S.
companies (according to Tom Peters, author of In
Search of Excellence and Passion JOT Excellence),
Participants explore key practices; discuss Im-
plications for organizational settings and in-
dividual management style; and develop action
plans to Implement practices "at home." The
program works well when facilitated by one or two
non-participants.
Length: Varies from 3 days to periodic 3-hour
sessions over several months
Target audience: Management teams working
together (7-12 participants)
Sponsor/location: RTP
Understanding Supervision
This course is designed to inform journey-level
employees about careers in supervision at EPA.
Many employees make the supervisory career
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decision without a full knowledge base about the
choice they are making. "Understanding Super-
vision" is an awareness-building course that will
help employees understand that supervision is a
very different kind of job, with a different set of
knowledge, skills and abilities required and used.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: EPA Journey-level employees
(GS 11, 12, 13)
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
United States Foreign Policy
This seminar is designed to meet the needs of
career managers whose programs are increasing-
ly affected by international developments. The
course provides a grasp of current U.S. foreign
policy processes and some of the Administration's
major policy priorities. The seminar focuses on
the interdependence of Federal agencies and
programs in the making of foreign policy and on
U.S. participation in international organizations.
Selected geographic areas are examined in the
light of their strategic importance to U.S. interests
and are contrasted with the declared and probable
objectives of the Soviet Union and the People's
Republic of China.
Length: 80 hours
Target audience: Managers
Sponsor/location: RTF
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Table of Contents
Communications
Advocacy/ Oral Presentation Seminar 213
Be a Better Writer 213
Citizen Participation by Objectives 214
Clear Business Writing 214
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts and
Skills 215
Congressional/State Liaison Workshop 215
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills 215
Effective Public Relations 216
Effective Writing for Professionals 216
Environmental Movies and Broadcasts 217
EPA's External Communications: Dealing Effectively
with Outside Constituencies 217
Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs Assessment
Workshops: Communicating Across Gender, Race, and
Culture in the Workplace 218
The Human Side of Congressional Affairs 218
Leading Meetings 218
The Manager and Supervisor as Editor 219
Media Relations Workshop 219
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Negotiation Skills 220
Personally and Professionally Speaking 220
Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor 221
Public Involvement Training 221
Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles and
Material 222
Report Planning and Review Workshop 222
Report Writing 223
Speechcraft 223
Systematic Development of Informed Consent 224
Talking with the Press 224
Technical Writing 225
Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists.and
Technicians 225
The Three P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
Persuasion (Level I) 225
The Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Game (Level n) 226
Writing Effective Letters 227
Writing Press Releases 227
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Advocacy/Oral Presentation Seminar
This seminar offers some insights into how to
make an effective oral presentation of an argu-
ment or point of view. The focus will be on making
a clear, persuasive case. The first session will be
spent discussing the principles of oral advocacy.
After a mock public hearing in the second session,
the instructor will review the presentations made
by participants.
Length: 2 2-hour sessions
Target audience: EPA staff who regularly make
oral presentations or who act as advocates for
programs or positions
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Be a Better Writer
This three-session course builds on "Be a Better
Writer: A Manual for EPA Employees." Through
group discussion and comments on brief assign-
ments, this course is structured to highlight the
editorial and organizational skills that can move
participants from good writers to better writers.
Participants will work together to formulate their
own guidelines to Be Tasteful, Be Clear, and Be
Organized.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Employees with writing, edit-
ing, or rewriting responsibilities
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
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Citizen Participation by Objectives
In this companion workshop to Systematic
Development of Informed Consent (SDIC), par-
ticipants further explore the principles of com-
munity involvement described in SDIC training.
Techniques and strategies are explored concern-
ing effective interaction with the media, special in-
terest groups, and the public at large. The
workshop is limited to a small number of par-
ticipants, allowing ample time to explore in some
detail the principles related in SDIC training.
Length: 2 1/2 days
Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Clear Business Writing
This workshop is designed to help participants
write clearer, more organized letters, memos and
reports, and do so quickly and with more con-
fidence. The first day covers how to produce and
organize ideas; after considering both audience
and purpose, how to get thoughts down quickly;
and how to organize paragraphs so your writing
flows smoothly. The second day deals with style—
that is, the manner of expressing ideas—as well as
how to eliminate wordiness and ambiguity.
Length 2 days
Target audience: Employees who have basic
writing skills but need to learn how to organize
and simplify
Sponsor/location; HQ Institute; Region 2
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Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts and Skills
This course Involves skill development In dealing
with citizens and local officials, building good
media relations, and conflict management. Case
studies are used for Instruction as well as for dis-
cussion purposes.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Regional and State program
management and technical staff
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1,4, 5, 6,8,
10
Congressional/State Liaison Workshop
This course explores the relationship between
EPA and congressional and State legislative staff;
what employees should know about responding to
inquiries from elected officials; and what proce-
dures are followed in responding to written in-
quiries. The course also offers an overview of the
legislative process.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All EPA staff
Sponsor/location; Region 9
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
This course enhances participants' ability to
present clear Informative or persuasive reports or
speeches to higher level management as well as
outside groups. Emphasis is placed on how to for-
mulate the message, how to deliver It like a "pro,"
and present the best possible impression. Several
delivery types will be examined. Attention will be
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devoted to channeling nervousness productively
and developing skills through practice.
Length: 1-3 days
Target audience: All employees (priority given to
those with presentation responsibility)
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; OIG; Regions 2,
3, 6, 9; Cincinnati; RTF
Effective Public Relations
This seminar gives a brief overview of the develop-
ment of the public relations profession and
reviews the growing relationship between public
relations and the law. Other topics include how to
practice public relations effectively in a govern-
ment agency working with citizens and the mass
audience and how to deal with the media effective-
ly.
Length: I day
Target audience: EPA employees who deal with
citizens groups, the press, or other special inter-
est groups in their jobs
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 5
Effective Writing for Professionals
This workshop focuses on how to develop and
define Agency tone and how to write about sensi-
tive issues for any audience. Participants will
review basic theories of composition and techni-
ques of the writing process.
Length: 3 days
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Target audience: Professional employees, in-
cluding anyone with responsibilities for writing
congressional and public correspondence
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Environmental Movies and Broadcasts
This course, presented by the Office of External
Affairs, examines how messages on environmen-
tal matters are. can be, and/or should be
presented through various audiovisual media. Ex-
amples of a wide range of environmental com-
munications in those media will be discussed,
with specific emphasis on adapting EPA issues for
effective AV presentation.
Length: 8 hours
Target audience: AV project officers and others
who have a direct interest in doing AV com-
munications for EPA and in understanding public
perception of AV communications
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
EPA's External Communications: Dealing Effectively with
Outside Constituencies
Office of External Affairs offers this course to
familiarize participants with the working press,
congressional "Hill" contacts, State and local offi-
cials, intergovernmental associations, private and
public sector interest groups, and individuals who
have significant impact on EPA and who consis-
tently seek EPA information. Knowing the nature
of our critics and collaborators can be a great
asset in the work we do.
Length: 1 day
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Target audience: Managers and policy officials
responding to external constituencies
Sponsor/location: Office of External Affairs
Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs Assessment
Workshops: Communicating Across Gender, Race, and
Culture in the Workplace
These workshops address themes raised In Region
1's 1 1/2-year Needs Assessment Program. The
objective of the program is to compare and con-
trast our commonalities and differences In ex-
periences based on gender, race, and cultural
identities.
Length: 1 day
Target audience; All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 1
The Human Side of Congressional Affairs
Topics for this seminar include The Legislative
Process; EPA's Congressional Relations; What It's
Like To Be a Congressman; Environmental
Results of Congress; and Congressional Cor-
respondence
Length: 3 hours
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
personnel regularly involved in EPA's congres-
sional correspondence
Sponsor/location; Region 3
Leading Meetings
In this course, participants study the characteris-
tics of effective and ineffective meetings and learn
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to conduct meetings more effectively by using the
most appropriate style of leadership for the situa-
tion at hand. Topics Include problem- solving and
decision-making in groups, leadership, group
dynamics, and characteristics of effective com-
munication.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: EPA staff whose jobs require
them to lead meetings
Sponsor/location: Region 5
The Manager and Supervisor as Editor
This workshop is designed to enable supervisors
and managers to become more effective in editing
and critiquing their subordinates' writing. Par-
ticipants learn to apply the criteria for evaluating
written communication (organization, clarity of
style, grammar, and punctuation) and to give
feedback effectively.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Supervisors and managers
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
Media Relations Workshop
This workshop covers the following areas: the
relationship between the media and EPA; the
Image EPA conveys to the public through the
media; how press calls are answered in the
regional office: what employees should know
about responding to press inquiries; how staffers
can prepare for and handle media interviews on
the road; and planning for and preparing com-
munication strategies.
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Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All EPA staff who might come
into contact with the media
Sponsor/location: Region 9
Negotiation Skills
In this course, participants gain hands-on ex-
perience in "win-win" negotiating through a
videotaped negotiation simulation. Course con-
tent includes basic negotiation concepts and
process skills, sharpening communication and
facilitation skills, time management, and prepar-
ing for negotiations. The course objectives are to
increase participants' skills for effective negotiat-
ing with counterparts both in and outside EPA
and to introduce participants to a variety of
negotiating styles and techniques from which to
choose.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: All EPA employees in profes-
sional grades GS-11 and above
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 5, 6. 7,
9. 10
Personally and Professionally Speaking
This course helps participants enchance com-
munication and presentation skills. Technical as-
sistance is provided one-on-one.
Length: 1-3 hours
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Region 7
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Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor
This course defines proofreading responsibilities,
standardizes proofreading practices and proof
symbols, reviews proofreading steps and techni-
ques, and provides exercises, examples, and a
desk-size card with most commonly used proofing
symbols. The objective of the course is to improve
the quality and timeliness of written communica-
tion by enabling the entire staff to work more ef-
fectively as a team. Given proofing steps.
techniques, methods, standard proof marks, and
a red pen, participants, upon completion of this
course, will be able to mark editing changes on a
document that can be correctly interpreted by any
support staff personnel.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience; All nonclerical employees who
write/edit correspondence
Sponsor/location; Region 10
Public Involvement Training
This course outlines a procedure to involve the
local community in decision-making efforts con-
cerning a hazardous waste management facility's
permitting system. The course identifies a number
of activities that should be conducted during the
permitting process, Including preparing for and
conducting a public meeting and communicating
with the media. The course's major emphasis is
planning and organizing public-involvement ef-
forts. Suggested techniques for issuing public
notices, holding meetings, and responding to
comments also are discussed. The course in-
cludes a training manual accompanied by hand-
outs, color videotapes, and role-play activities.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location; OSWER
Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles and Material
This workshop focuses on some approaches for
publishing technical articles and on preparation
and methods for effective presentation of techni-
cal material at meetings. Participants will acquire
knowledge and skills that will facilitate publica-
tion of their writing and research and that will
polish their presentation skills at meetings. This
is not, however, a public speaking course.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: All staff who research or write
papers of interest to their colleagues or the public
at large, or staff members who present technical
information at meetings
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Report Planning and Review Workshop
This workshop provides basic principles and tech-
niques for planning, writing, and reviewing tech-
nical reports. The workshop consists of a
combination of lectures, group discussions, and
class exercises. It presents systematic procedures
and guidelines to review and improve the quality.
timeliness, and readability of reports. The agenda
includes report planning, writing more effective
proposals, report management, ideal reports,
report organization, report review aids, editorial
review, and technical review. Participants are in-
vited to bring samples of recent reports they have
written or reviewed.
Length: 2 days
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Target audience: Scientists and managers who
write or review reports and employees who review
contractor reports
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 5
Report Writing
This program uses brief lectures, class discus-
sions, tests, films, case studies and practical ex-
ercises. Participants learn to define the purpose
and scope of a report; collect, assemble and sort
out data; organize and outline material; and write
a report so that its purpose, scope, findings, con-
clusions and recommendations (if any) are clear to
the reader at first reading.
Length: 24-32 hours
Target audience: Employees who write reports
and have good knowledge of grammar and the
fundamentals of writing
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; RTF
Speechcraft
Speechcraft is a program of eight weekly sessions
especially designed by Toastmasters Internation-
al to help individuals develop and strengthen their
public speaking abilities. Conducted in a seminar
workshop format, each Speechcraft session
provides a progressive step toward developing
skills for effective communication—as both a lis-
tener and a speaker. In addition to the instruc-
tional program, participants will be given
opportunities, through scheduled speeches and
other assignments, to practice what they learn,
such as writing and delivering 3- to 5-mlnute
talks; impromptu speaking on designated
products; introducing fellow speakers; using
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visual aids; and exchanging constructive feedback
and evaluations.
Length: Eight 1-hour sessions
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 1, 2
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
This course concerns public-sector problem solv-
ing and community involvement. Lecture and dis-
cussion are the primary means of instruction.
This course is a general course on how to get
things done, whether it is with interagency staff,
interest groups, or local citizens.
Length: 3 1/2 days
Target audience: RCRA program managers and
State and regulated-industry representatives
Sponsor/location: OSWER; HQ Institute;
Regions 8, 9, 10
Talking with the Press
This course provides participants with practical
approaches, techniques, and attitudes that will
help them overcome their dread of talking with
news reports and to decide what it is they mean to
say. Participants will be told about the different
needs of various segments of the media (dally
newspapers vs. television vs. radio).
Length: I day
Target audience: Personnel who talk with the
press
Sponsor/location; Region 10
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Technical Writing
Participants learn the characteristics of good
technical writing and are better able to define their
audience and purpose; organize their reports; use
the active voice; break bad grammatical habits;
and rewrite.
Length: 12-24 hours
Target audience: Scientists, engineers, techni-
cal writers and editors
Sponsor/location; Region 2; Cincinnati; RTF;
Ann Arbor
Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists, and
Technicians
This course was designed for those needing to
learn how to translate technical information into
effective, straightfoward, readable prose. Em-
phasis is on such writing problems as: analyzing
the communication problem; selecting and or-
ganizing content; illustration and layout; writing
and revising; tone and style; and reviewing the ele-
ments of composition.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Engineers, scientists, tech-
nicians, and employees who prepare or review
technical papers
Sponsor/location; Region 9
The Three P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
Persuasion (Level I)
Participants will learn to prepare for and make a
presentation; channel nervousness into construc-
tive energy; package a briefing to maintain
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audience Interest; handle questions from the
audience and turn hostile questions to an ad-
vantage; and choose the right visuals and use
them as a prop, not a crutch.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
professional staff with presentation respon-
sibilities
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
The Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Gome (Level II)
Effective briefing is a three-part process which In-
volves mastering yourself (polish or poise),
mastering your material (presentation), and gain-
ing your listeners' trust (persuasion). This Level II
(advanced) workshop continues the process and
builds on participants' present briefing and com-
munication strengths. Participants learn to think
on their feet and handle unexpected distractions;
use reflection, sectoring and fogging to keep off
the defensive and calmly take care of
troublemakers; organize the finer points of
deliver; and develop additional approaches to
combat nervousness. They also determine their
own briefing style and see themselves through
others' eyes and explore the nonverbal media
which carry the message: eyes, gestures, posture.
dress, appearance, and voice.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Managers, supervisors, and
professional staff with presentation respon-
sibilities and some presentation experience (or
who have completed the Level I course)
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute
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Writing Effective Letters
This course covers the principles of effective writ-
ing; writing "negative" and "positive" letters; writ-
ing for various audiences; using appropriate tone
in writing; and techniques for planning and or-
ganizing written information.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: All employees
Sponsor/location: Region 9; RTF
Writing Press Releases
This course gives participants guidance on how to
select and organize facts that will be relevant to
news reporters and editors and to their audiences.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Section chiefs and employees
with direct responsibility for a specific project
Sponsor/location: Region 10
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Contracts and Finance
Administrative Procedures for Small Purchase
Procurement 233
Basic Procurement 233
Budget Process 233
Contract Administration Training for Project Officers,
Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery Order Officers 234
Contract Administration Training for Supervisors and
Managers 235
Detecting and Preventing Fraud In EPA Programs and
Contracts 235
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) 236
Funds Certifying Officer Training 236
The Internal Audit Survey Process 237
Ordering Officers 237
Personal Property Management 238
Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction 238
Project Officer Training 239
Project Officer Training for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements 239
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Regional Workshop in Contracts and IAG
Administration 240
Strengthening the Audit Management Ability
of EPA Managers 240
Superfund Response Agreements Training 241
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Administrative Procedures for Small Purchase
Procurement
This workshop, arranged by the Headquarters Ac-
counting Operations Branch, shows participants
how to expedite the small-purchases procurement
from request to final payment. Topics include the
Prompt Payment Act; blanket purchase agree-
ments; receiving reports; government bills of
lading; subscriptions, magazines and periodicals;
and training courses.
Length: 21/2 hours
Target audience: Administrative officers and
staff
Sponsor/location: Headquarters Accounting
Operations Branch; HQ
Basic Procurement
This course provides information and guidance on
how to obtain needed office equipment, supplies,
furniture, and miscellaneous services.
Length: 1 hour
Target audience: All EPA employees
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 2
Budget Process
This course includes a description of appropria-
tions, operating plans, allocation, and other criti-
cal budget processes. It also Includes discussion
of how moneys come to the region; how operating
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plans are developed; how allocations are made;
flexibility for changes; tracking and account-
ability; terminology such as PC&B, FIE, support.
obligations, commitments, allowances, and the
year-end process.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: Managers, supervisors,
program analysts, and secretaries inolved in the
budget process
Sponsor/location: Regions 1, 10
Contract Administration Training for Project Officers,
Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery Order Officers
This course is designed to provide EPA project of-
ficers (POs), work assignment managers fWAMs),
and delivery order officers (DOOs) with a better
understanding of contract administration and
their critical roles in this area. The course is
presented through a combination of lecture, video
presentation, and active student participation. It
concludes with an open-book exam. This course
provides an understanding of the duties and
responsibilities of both the contractor and govern-
ment during the life of a contract; equips the stu-
dent with information on how to perform the
duties of a PO, WAM, or DOO during the contract
administration phase; ensures that the student
understands the limits of his/her authority In
these positions; and fosters knowledge, under-
standing, and appreciation of the roles and
authorities of other EPA personnel Involved In
contract administration.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: All EPA personnel who are cur-
rently serving, or will be assigned, as POs, WAMs,
and/or DOOs on EPA contracts
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Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; all locations
Contract Administration Training for Supervisors and
Managers
This course is designed for supervisors and
managers to provide understanding of the con-
tract administration process and the critical roles
of EPA project officers, work assignment
managers, and delivery order officers in this area.
It will equip the supervisor with Information on
the duties of these positions during the contract
administration phase and ensure a better under-
standing of the project officer certification
program.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Managers and supervisors
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Regions 2, 3, 5,
9; Cincinnati
Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA Programs and
Contracts
This course is designed to develop and enhance
project managers' awareness of the nature and
characteristics of fraud and abuse In EPA-funded
projects and contracts. It will help prepare
managers to know what fraud is; what conditions
are conducive to encouraging, allowing, and
hiding fraud; what are the responsibilities of
managers for detecting and reporting fraud; and
when, how, and to whom suspected incidences of
fraud should be reported; what are the Indicators
of fraud; and how to prevent the opportunities for
fraud.
Length: 1 day
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Target audience: Program and project managers
and anyone involved in supervising and/or
monitoring EPA funds
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Office of the In-
spector General
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMF1A)
This briefing familiarizes participants with the re-
quirements of the Federal Managers' Financial In-
tegrity Act (FMFIA). FMFIA mandates the review
of Agency accounting systems to verify that con-
trols are in place and operating as intended to
prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. Each program
office is required to perform routine testing of its
operations as part of its quality assurance
process.
Length: 2 hours
Target audience: EPA managers and super-
visors
Sponsor/location: Region 5
Funds Certifying Officer Training
This course covers all aspects of funds-control
procedures at the allowance holder/responsibility
center level. Topics include an overview of the
Agency-level process, laws and policies, roles and
responsibilities, manual procedures for keeping a
document control register, and automated sys-
tems for achieving funds control.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: All personnel who maintain
document control registers and/or who certify
funds availability for an allowance holder or
responsibility center
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Sponsor/location; HQ Institute
The Internal Audit Survey Process
This course, developed jointly by members of the
Northern Audit Division and Headquarters staff,
reviews the purpose and process of making effec-
tive internal audit surveys. A good audit begins
with a good survey. The survey Is the auditor's
road map; it helps the auditor determine what to
audit or examine and what not to. The course
covers: an overview of the audit process; planning
and preparing the survey; conducting the survey;
evaluating results; and reporting conclusions.
The course includes lectures, video tapes, and a
"real world" case exercise.
Length: I day
Target audience: Auditors and managers
Sponsor/location: Office of the Inspector
General
Ordering Officers
This course is for personnel with Level I contract-
ing authority in accordance with the Contracts
Management Manual, Chapter 8; that is, persons
authorized to place call orders under BPAs, issue
delivery orders under preestabllshed delivery-
order-type contracts, use imprest funds, and/or
use SF-44s. NOTE: This course is not for project
officers or work assignment managers under
level-of-eflbrt contracts.
Length: 1 day
Target audience: Ordering officers
Sponsor/location: Cincinnati
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Personal Property Management
This course is designed to provide participants
with a basic understanding of personal property
management regulations, policies, and proce-
dures. It includes a detailed review for estab-
lishing an accountable personal property area;
delegations of authority; regulations; requisition
review; justifications/statements of need; acquir-
ing and disposing of unrequired/excess property;
receiving; accountability; loans; contracts; grants;
adjustments; inventory methods; inventory
reconciliations; boards of survey; and special dis-
posals.
Length: 1/2 day
Target audience: Any employee directly involved
in personal property management
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Region 9; Cin-
cinnati
Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction
This course includes discussions on procurement
planning, procurement types, Justification, and
evaluation criteria; contract types, contract
negotiations. Federal grant and procurement
regulations, contract modifications, administra-
tion, and monitoring. The course is directed to
State audiences and does not meet Agency-wide
requirements for project officer certification.
Length: 3 days
Target audience: State personnel involved in
procurements under Superfund
Sponsor/location: OSWER; Regions 1, 3, 4, 5, 9
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Project Officer Training
This training course is designed to provide par-
ticipants with a better understanding of the
procurement process and their critical role as part
of the procurement team from initiation of
through contract closeout. This course is required
for personnel who serve as project officers, work
assignment managers, or delivery order officers
on EPA contracts, in accordance with Chapter 7
of the Contracts Management Manual.
Length: 31/2-4 days
Target audience: Required for project officers;
recommended for work assignment managers, or
delivery order officers
Sponsor/location; All locations
Project Officer Training for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
This program is designed by the Grants Ad-
ministration Division to provide participants with
a better understanding of the assistance process
and the project officer's critical role as part of the
assistance team from inception of the process
through closeout. At the completion of the course,
participants should be better able to understand
the assistance cycle and the responsibilities.
duties, and authority of the project officer during
the cycle; understand and appreciate the roles
and authorities of others in the assistance
process; and be better equipped with specific in-
formation on how to perform the duties of a
project officer.
Length: 16 hours
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Target audience: Newly appointed POs for EPA
grants and cooperative agreements and anyone
who serves as PO for assistance agreements
Sponsor/location: HQ Institute; Cincinnati
Regional Workshop in Contracts and IAG Administration
This course covers OWPE contract administration
roles and responsibilities, work assignment
processes (forms, plans), monthly progress
reviews and cost reports, and quality assurance
duties, using experts and consultants.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Regional and headquarters
work assignment managers and/or site managers
(RPMs)
Sponsor/location: OSWER
Strengthening the Audit Management Ability of EPA
Managers
This training program covers the legal basis for
audits, the acceptable methods for constructive
exchange with the auditors, and effective ap-
proaches available for implementing the auditor's
recommendations. The training includes video
tapes and background resource materials, as well
as a separate 1-hour video tape for senior-level
managers.
Length: 4 hours
Target audience: Supervisors, managers, execu-
tives
Sponsor/location: Region 9
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Superfund Response Agreements Training
This course offers an overview of cooperative
agreements and is primarily intended for regional
grants and financial management officials. The
course will include discussion on the development
and review of cooperative agreement applications
and will also cover fiscal, program, and grants ad-
ministration and management of cooperative
agreements.
Length: 2 days
Target audience: Regional grants and financial
management officials
Sponsor/location: OSWER
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Table of Contents
Computer/ADP
Microcomputers/Word Processors 247
Basic Introductory Courses 247
Communications 247
Databases 248
Electronic Spreadsheets 248
Graphics 248
Word Processing 249
Minicomputer Courses 250
Mainframe Courses 251
Local Area Network (LAN) Courses 252
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Computer/ADP
Microcomputers/Word Processors
Basic Introductory Courses
Introduction to ADP (NCC; RTF)
Introduction to ADP for Managers (Region 1)
Personal Computer Basics (HQ WIC; NCC;
Regions 1, 2, 5, 6; Cincinnati, RTF)
PCs for Executives (HQ Institute; NCC; Region 5)
Laptops for Managers (Region 9)
PC DOS (Region 9; RTP)
Laser Printing (RTP)
Communications
E-Mail—An Introduction to Electronic Mail
(Regions 1, 7, 9, 10; RTP)
Electronic Mail—Advanced (Regions 7, 10; RTP)
Introduction to PC Communications (Regions 1.
10)
3270-Type Communications for PCs and Telex
Terminals (Region 9)
High-Speed File Transfer (RTP)
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Databases
Introduction to dBase HI (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions
1, 2, 5, 6, 9; Cincinnati, RTF)
Intermediate dBASE III (Region 2)
Advanced dBase HI (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 5. 9)
dBase III Lab (Region 9)
dBase Labels (RTF)
Introduction to dBase HI Plus (NCC; Regions 3, 4,
5.10)
Electronic Spreadsheets
Introduction to Lotus 1-2-3 (HQ WIC; NCC;
Regions 1. 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 9, 10; Cincinnati, RTF)
Intermediate Lotus 1-2-3 (Region 2)
Advanced Lotus 1-2-3 (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 5,
6)
Lotus 1-2-3 Macros (Region 9)
Lotus Regression (RTF)
Lotus 1-2-3 Lab (Region 9)
Graphics
PC Graphics—An Overview (Region 3)
CHARTER—Introduction. Intermediate, Ad-
vanced (Region 10)
Presentation Graphics (Region 9)
Autocad for Computer Graphics (Region 9)
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AutoCad Version 9.0 Update (Region 9)
Introduction to Freelance (NCC; RTF)
Graphwriter (RTF)
Word Processing
Introduction to Lexitron (NCC; Regions 1, 3)
Lexitron Advanced Word Processing (NCC)
Lexitron Introduction for Managers (NCC)
Lexitype (NCC; Regions 3. 6)
Introduction to Word Perfect for Beginning PC
Users (HQ WIC; NCC)
Introduction to WordPerfect (HQ WIC; NCC;
Regions 1.2)
Word Processing (Region 5)
Hands-On Basic Wang Training, Parts I and II
(Region 10)
Wang Basics on Video, Parts I and II (Region 10)
Wang Networking/Printing Systems (Region 10)
Wang Advanced Functions and Utilities (Region
10)
Wang Glossary (Region 10)
Wang Coordinator (Region 10)
Wang Software Options (Region 10)
Wang's Standard Editor vs. WP PLUS Editor
(Region 10)
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WP PLUS—An Introduction to Wang's New OIS
Editor (Region 10)
WP PLUS—Intermediate (Region 10)
WP PLUS—Advanced (Region 10)
Wang Logon/WP Plus Access to Conference Room
Schedule (Region 10)
WordStar (NCC; Region 10)
Mailmerge (RTP)
WordStar 2000 for New Users (Region 9)
WordStar 2000 Basics (Region 9)
WordStar 2000 for Managers (Region 9)
WordStar 2000 Intermediate (Region 9)
WordStar 2000 Lab (Region 9)
Multimate (NCC; Region 10)
Introduction to Multimate Advantage II (Region 4)
Multimate Advantage II—Workshop I (Region 4)
Minicomputer Courses
DEC/VAX Course 1 (NCC)
DEC/VAX Course 2 (NCC)
DEC/VAX Focus Application Development (NCC)
DEC/VAX Focus Reporting (NCC)
DR Graph (Region 3) (??)
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Prime Orientation (NCC)
Prime Text (NCC)
Introduction to Prime 20/20 (NCC, Region 5)
Introduction to Prime INFO (NCC)
Advanced Prime INFO (NCC)
Prime INFO-Versagraph (NCC)
Prime INFO-Text (NCC)
Prime WordMARC (NCC)
Mainframe Courses
Introduction to Focus (NCC; Region 2)
Focus Application Development (HQ WIC; Region
5)
Focus Reporting (HQ WIC; Region 5)
Introduction to IBM ISPF/TSO/SDSF (Region 10)
Writing Command Procedures (CLISTs) (NCC;
Region 5)
Introduction to TSO/ISPF for Programmers (NCC;
Region 5)
TSO for Non-Full-Screen Users (NCC; Region 5)
TSO for Full-Screen Users (NCC; Region 5)
Introduction to IBM Job Control Language (NCC;
Region 5)
ISPF for IBM Users (NCC; Region 5)
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ISPF Dialog Manager (HQ WIC; NCC; Regions 3,5)
Introduction to IBM Full-Screen Processing (HQ
WIC; NCC; Regions 3, 5)
Intermediate IBM Full-Screen Processing (HQ
WIC; NCC)
Advanced IBM Full-Screen Processing (NCC;
Region 5)
Introduction to the Logical Mainframe (NCC;
Region 2)
Introduction to RACF (NCC)
Introduction to Tell-A-Graf (NCC)
ADABAS: Introduction to Natural Programming
(HQWIC)
ADABAS: Natural 2 Conversion Workshop (HQ
WIC)
Local Area Network (LAN) Courses
LAN Administrator Course (HQ WIC)
Executive Management Overview (HQ WIC)
Basic LAN User (HQ WIC)
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SELF-INSTRUCTION, CORRESPONDENCE,
SLIDE-TAPE COURSES
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Table of Contents
Self-Instruction, Correspondence, and
Slide-Tape Courses
Science and Technology—Air and Radiation 259
Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd Edition) 259
Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected Industries 259
Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd Edition) 260
Baghouse Plan Review 260
Basic Air Pollution Meteorology 260
Boiler Operation—An Introduction 261
Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
Equipment 261
Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pollution 262
Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction 262
Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise 262
Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review 263
Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and
Analysis 263
General Quality Assurance Considerations for
Ambient Air Monitoring 264
Hazardous Waste Calculations 264
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Slide-Tape Courses continued
Science and Technology—Air and Radiation
continued
Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds to the
Atmosphere 264
New Source Performance Standards: Surface Coating
Operations 265
Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
Partlculate Emissions 265
Quality Assurance for Source Emission
Measurements 266
Reference and Automated Equivalent Measurement
Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring 266
Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical
Pollutants and CO In Ambient Air 267
Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP
in Ambient Air 267
Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction 267
Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through 5 268
Transmissometer Systems—Operation
and Maintenance 268
Wet Scrubber Plan Review 269
Science and Technology—Cross-Media 269
Environmental Statistics—An Introduction 269
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Slide-Tape Courses continued
Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control 270
Chaln-of-Custody Procedures for Samples and Data 270
Science and Technology—Solid and Hazardous
Wastes 271
Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells 271
Science and Technology—Water and
Groundwater 271
Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells 271
Field Techniques for Characterization of Groundwater
Hydrologic Environments 271
Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Contributing
Water to Production Wells—Recharge Area Modeling
Concepts 272
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants 272
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement 273
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An
Introduction 273
Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
Equipment 274
Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal
Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations 274
Laboratory Compliance with RCRA 274
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Slide-Tape Courses continued
Overview of PSD Regulations 275
Project Planning and Management of Geohydrologic
Investigations 275
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and Slide-Tape Courses
Science and Technology—Air and Radiation
Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd Edition)
This self-instructional course provides broad
coverage of air pollution and its control. The in-
structional materials consist of audio cassette
tapes and printed booklets.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: New employees in governmen-
tal air pollution control agencies. The course may
also be useful for others seeking a general
knowledge of the air pollution field.
Sponsor/location: APTI
Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected Industries
This course is an introduction to the fundamental
operating characteristics of particulate and
gaseous pollutant emission control systems. It
reviews physical, chemical, and engineering prin-
ciples of control devices and the application of
control systems to several types of industrial
processes.
Length: 40 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd Edition)
This correspondence course covers ambient air
quality monitoring. It introduces terms used in air
monitoring and presents practical information
about the monitoring process. Theoretical
monitoring concepts are also described.
Length: 50 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Baghouse Plan Review
This self-instructional course focuses on review
procedures for baghouse devices used to reduce
particulate air pollution from industrial sources.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: Engineers and other technical
personnel responsible for reviewing baghouse
plans
Sponsor/location: APTI
Basic Air Pollution Meteorology
This self-instructional course uses slide/tape
presentations, text materials, and reading assign-
ments to present basic meteorology, meteorologi-
cal effects on air pollution, meteorological
instrumentation, air quality modeling, and
regulatory programs requiring a knowledge of
meteorology.
Length: 25 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
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Sponsor/location: APTI
Boiler Operation—An Introduction
This self-Instructional course presents an Intro-
duction to the operation of boilers. This will be the
first in a series of four (or five) courses on inspect-
ing and/or operating different types of boilers—
small-package boilers, commercial boilers,
industrial boilers, and utility boilers. The series
will be designed to use many existing and soon-to-
be-published EPA documents. The student com-
pleting this course may choose any of the
remaining courses In the series that are ap-
propriate to his or her background and/or inter-
est.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: Engineers and other technical
personnel responsible for inspecting boilers
Sponsor/location: APTI
Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
Equipment
This self-instructional course reviews in detail the
sources of fugitive VOC emissions and the proce-
dures and equipment used to detect leaks.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience; Technical staff involved in
monitoring industries for VOC emissions from
leaking process equipment
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pollution
This self-instructional course provides basic
training in procedures helpful in identifying and
verifying injury to plants caused by air pollutants.
Types of vegetation known to be sensitive to cer-
tain pollutants and the means of identifying or ex-
cluding alternative pollutant symptoms are
covered. The course consists of 35-mm slides,
booklets, audio cassette tapes, and quizzes with
answers at the end of each unit.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location; APT!
Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction
This self-instructional course uses slide-tape
presentations, text materials, and reading assign-
ments as instructional formats. The course
presents general concepts of air quality point
source models and specific, detailed considera-
tions of individual point source models. Models
and their use in determining air pollution ground-
level concentrations will be put into proper
perspective by examining two case studies.
Length: 35 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise
This self-instructional package consists of three
exercises. Exercise 1 is made up of a narrated
slide series and an APTI article, both entitled "Ef-
fective Stack Height." Exercise 2 is made up of the
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text "Plume Rise" and an audio tape presentation
by Dr. Gary A. Briggs, with accompanying lecture
notes in the work manual. Exercise 3 contains a
summary of Dr. Briggs1 latest analyses and the
current EPA calculation procedures. Problem sets
conclude each exercise,
Length: 10 hours
Target audience: Air pollution control agency
personnel responsible for making or reviewing
plume estimates for elevated air pollutant sources
Sponsor/location: APTI
Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review
This self-instructional course focuses on review
procedures for electrostatic precipitators (ESPs)
used to reduce particulate emissions from in-
dustrial sources.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: Engineers and other technical
personnel responsible for reviewing ESP plans
Sponsor/location; APTI
Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and Analysis.
This self-instructional course provides Informa-
tion on the major national air pollution source
permitting programs. It was designed to provide
technical training in methods of effective and effi-
cient review, analysis, and drafting of construc-
tion and operating permits.
Length: 40 hours
Target audience: Personnel involved In permit
operations; inspection personnel
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Sponsor/location: APTI
General Quality Assurance Considerations for Ambient
Air Monitoring
This correspondence course presents general
quality assurance considerations for ambient air
monitoring. Major topics include quality as-
surance for air quality monitoring systems and
SLAMS and PSD air monitoring networks, and
performance and system auditing.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Hazardous Waste Calculations
This course requires access to an IBM PC/AT or
compatible computer. A computer disk containing
the program for calculating the combustion
properties of hazardous waste is provided. The
student, with the aid of the computer, will make
determinations of percent excess air, flue gas
volume, combustion-chamber design characteris-
tics, etc.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds to the
Atmosphere
This course is an advanced self-instructional
study program designed to develop comprehen-
sive knowledge in source measurement for volatile
organic air pollutants.lt presents a review of
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regulations affecting the emissions of organic
compounds from industrial sources, a review of
gas chromatography used for organic analysis,
and detailed discussions of EPA sampling and
analysis techniques for organic compounds. Part I
of the course covers review material; Part II covers
the individual EPA methods.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
New Source Performance Standards: Surface Coating
Operations
This series of three slide-tape programs and one
study guide familiarizes the student with surface-
coating operations and the applicable New Source
Performance Standards. Topics covered include
typical processes, VOC emissions and control
techniques, standards of performance, and per-
formance tests. Titles in the series are: Coll Coat-
ing; Metal Furniture; Large Appliances; and
Calculations for Selected Coating Operations.
Length: 2 1/2 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
Particulate Emissions
This self-instructional problems workbook con-
tains three parts: a glossary of common terms
with explanations; a units operations section con-
taining the basic principles of chemistry, physics,
and thermodynamics that are required In air pol-
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lution control equipment calculations; and a
problem section with solutions.
Length: 50 hours
Target audience: Engineers and other technical
personnel responsible for making and reviewing
calculations concerning air pollution control
equipment
Sponsor/location: APTI
Quality Assurance for Source Emission Measurements
This correspondence course covers quality as-
surance procedures for EPA manual source
measurement methods 1 through 8. The course
reviews, in detail, essentials of equipment calibra-
tion, proper testing methods, proper use of stand-
ardized testing forms, and EPA data tolerances.
Length: 35 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Reference and Automated Equivalent Measurement
Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring
This correspondence course covers in detail EPA-
deslgnated reference and equivalent measure-
ment methods for ambient air quality monitoring.
Automated nonmethane organic compound
analyzers are also discussed.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical Pollutants
and CO in Ambient Air
This correspondence course covers the siting of
ambient monitors for CO, nonmethane hydrocar-
bons, NO, NO2. and ozone. The course presents
general concepts of ambient monitor site selection
and specific, detailed considerations and proce-
dures for selecting CO, nonmethane hydrocar-
bons, NO, NO2, and ozone ambient monitoring
sites.
Length: 35 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP in Ambient
Air
This correspondence course covers the siting of
ambient SO2 and TSP monitors. The course
presents general concepts of ambient monitor site
selection and specific, detailed considerations and
procedures for selecting SO2 and TSP ambient
monitoring sites.
Length: 35 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction
This course uses slide/tape presentations and
reading assignments to present receptor models
and their application to aerosol source apportion-
ment. Receptor models are a group of quantitative
source impact-assessment techniques that are
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based on the chemical and physical measure-
ments of the aerosol at the receptor.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through 5
This course provides examples of source sampling
calculator programs developed for the Texas In-
struments TI-59 calculators. The course presents
program listings; instructions for using the
programs; and example problems. Two types of
programs are presented—one for field calcula-
tions, the other for report calculations. The
programs are intended to serve as guides for
developing the user's own programs, but they can
be used "as is" in sampling studies conducted for
stationary sources. Additional programs for other
hand-held programmable calculators and
microcomputers may be developed in the future.
Length: 15 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location; APT!
Transmissometer Systems—Operation and Maintenance
This course is an advanced self-instructional
study program designed to develop a working
knowledge of transmissometer systems. It
presents detailed operating characteristics of
commercially available transmissometers and the
common maintenance techniques used to provide
for continuing operation. A comprehensive dis-
cussion of regulatory specifications in terms of in-
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strument design, installation, and performance
testing addresses both existing regulatory
programs and the implications of pending
specifications.
Length: 30 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Wet Scrubber Plan Review
This self-instructional course focuses on review
procedures for wet scrubbers used to reduce par-
ticulate and gaseous emissions from Industrial
sources.
Length: 40 hours
Target audience: Engineers and other technical
personnel responsible for reviewing plan for the
installation of wet scrubbers
Sponsor/location: APTI
Science and Technology—Cross-Media
Environmental Statistics—An Introduction
This self-instructional package introduces the
basic concepts of statistical analysis. It was
designed for students with little formal education
in statistics who must apply statistical techniques
to analysis of environmental data. It also serves as
a review and prerequisite for the advanced course
426, Statistical Methods for Air Pollution Data.
The package is in seven modules and Includes
workbook, 35-mm slides, and audio cassette
tapes.
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Length: 70 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
Science and Technology—Quality
Assurance/Quality Control
Chain-o(-Custody Procedures for Samples and Data
This two-part slide-tape presentation covers
proper procedures for documenting the posses-
sion or custody of samples and data. Part A
defines chain of custody, presents a rationale for
maintaining proper chain-of-custody documenta-
tion, and delineates correct chain-of-custody pro-
cedures for both samples and data. Part B
presents a model chain-of-custody procedure for
a hypothetical measurement project in which
manual sampling takes place at one location and
the samples are analyzed at another. The student
sees the entire procedure, from preliminary opera-
tions through preparation and storage of the final
data.
Length: 1 day
Target Audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Science and Technology—Solid and
Hazardous Wastes
Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells
This video reviews the installation of a RCRA
monitoring well in accordance with the EPA
guidance. "RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Tech-
nical Enforcement Guidance Document."The tape
also includes information about purging and sam-
pling equipment. Each EPA region has a copy of
the tape, as does headquarters in Washington,
D.C.
Length: 12 minutes
Target audience: RCRA enforcement personnel
and permit writers involved with groundwater
monitoring
Sponsor/location; OSWER
Science and Technology—Water
Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Wells
See description under Science and Technology,
Solid and Hazardous Waste.
Field Techniques for Characterization of Groundwater
Hydro-logic Environments
This self-study course includes videotaped
presentations and associated technical articles
that describe selected field methods used to
characterize the geology and hydrology of aquifers
and the physical and chemical quality of
groundwater. The materials are intended to
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familiarize staff who scope, manage, or evaluate
the products of geohydrologic Investigations with
a variety of field investigative techniques, their
uses and limitations. The tapes cover a range of
topics and may be viewed separately or together.
Length: 12 hours
Target audience: EPA staff who possess a
general understanding of hydrologic terms and
concepts
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Contributing
Water to Production Wells Recharge Area Modeling
Concepts
These videotaped presentations for self-study
describe groundwater hydrologic concepts and
analytical and numerical methods used to
describe groundwater flow to pumping wells. They
are intended to provide a self-study training op-
portunity to familiarize staff who manage projects
or programs that require evaluation of
groundwater resource allocations, groundwater
resource assessment, aquifer contamination and
restoration. The tapes cover a range of topics and
may be viewed separately or together.
Length: 5 hours
Target audience: EPA staff who manage projects
or programs concerned with groundwater use.
protection, contamination, and restoration
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants
This detailed correspondence course covers all
aspects of the operation of municipal wastewater
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Self-Instruction, Correspondence, and Slide-Tape Courses 273
treatment facilities, such as unit processes, main-
tenance, and plant safety. It Is designed for was-
tewater treatment plant operators and Is valuable
to professionals Involved with wastewater treat-
ment. It will provide EPA personnel with an excel-
lent understanding of operation and maintenance
of municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
Length; 2 1-hour sessions each month for 6
months plus periodic field trips to wastewater
treatment plants
Target audience: Environmental engineers,
scientists, and others Interested In municipal
wastewater treatment
Sponsor/location: Region 1
Legal, Regulatory, and Enforcement
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An Introduction
This self-Instructional course covers the basics of
the baseline inspection techniques for air pollu-
tion control equipment. This technique is based
on the use of site-specific data to evaluate shifts
In operating conditions. Most major types of air
pollution control devices and auxiliary systems
are covered. Inspection procedures, data collec-
tion, data recording, and interpretation are ex-
plained. Review problems and questions are
presented.
Length: 88 hours
Target audience: Air pollution field Inspectors
and Industrial air pollution control equipment
operators
Sponsor/location: APTI
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Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking Process
Equipment
This self-instructional course reviews in detail the
sources of fugitive VOC emissions and the proce-
dures and equipment used to detect leaks.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: Technical staff involved in
monitoring industries for VOC emissions from
leaking process equipment
Sponsor/location: APT!
Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal
Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations
This correspondence course deals with inspection
procedures for degreasing operations. It reviews in
detail the inspection and VOC source-testing pro-
cedures for degreasers.
Length: 20 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA technical staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Laboratory Compliance with RCRA
This video describes how Federal hazardous waste
rules apply to laboratory staff and conveys the im-
portance of working with the waste control officer
who is responsible for managing the actual recy-
cling, transportation, treatment, storage, and/or
disposal.
Length: 22 minutes
Target audience: Lab personnel whose primary
duties are analysis or research
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Sponsor/location; OSWER
Overview of PSD Regulations
This self-instructional course provides a com-
prehensive overview of regulations governing the
prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) of air
quality. The course includes five slide/tape
presentations and six flipbook/tape presentations
covering applicability determination, best avail-
able control technology (BACT) analysis, air
quality analysis, additional impacts analysis, and
agency review. Also included are a copy of the
Workshop Manual used in EPA's 1980 PSD
workshops; a copy of Title I, Part C of the Clean
Air Act (as amended August 1977), and the EPA
PSD regulations as of July 1981.
Length: 15 hours
Target audience: Interested EPA staff
Sponsor/location: APT!
Management Development
Project Planning and Management of Geohydrologic
Investigations
These videotaped presentations for self-study
describe hydrologic study planning, consult-and-
select processes, and project management. They
are intended to provide a self-study training op-
portunity to familiarize staff who scope, manage,
and evaluate hydrologic studies with project plan-
ning and management processes. The videotapes
cover a range of topics and may be viewed
separately or together.
Length: 5 hours
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Target audience: EPA staff who manage projects
that have hydrologic study components
Sponsor/location: Region 1
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APPENDIXES
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Appendix A
Headquarters Library Videotape Supplement (May 1988)
The following are examples of titles that are available at the Headquarters library. Check listings
in your location to see what titles are available to you.
Our Hidden National Product
Radiation Curing Seminar
Effects of Increases in Atmospheric
Carbon Dioxide
Risky Business
The Toxic Substances Control Act
Freedom of Information Act, Training
Freedom of Information Act, Training
Asbestos Mobile Unit
Highlights from: Emergency Planning for
Potable Water Supplies
Highlights from: Emergency Planning for
Potable Water Supplies
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Groundwater Pollution
Lead in Drinking Water
(Film Transfer) 1979
(2 tapes) 23 Mar 85
(VidCon/Sigma-DOE) 16 Sept 85
(Northwestern University) 1985
(2 parts) (Dupont Company) 1986
(2 parts, Darner) June 1986
(Personnel Records/Agency Records
and Fee Waivers, Huff) June 1986
(Mini-doc) Sept 1986
(2 parts. 1st day) 30 Oct 85
(Edited) 29 Sept 86
(2 parts. 2nd day) 31 Oct 85
(Edited) 29 Sept 86
(4 tapes) 22 Oct 86
(Judy Campbell-Bird) (C-SPAN) 24 Oct 86
(Off-Air-News Excerpts) 06 Nov 86
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EPA Training Catalogue
The Toxic Swat Team (National Geographic)
Lead In Drinking Water and Poisoned River (MacNeil/Lehrer)
Lead in Drinking Water and
Waste Taste Test
Emergency Exercise
Are You Swimming in a Sewer
The Dirtiest River
EPA's FY 1988 Budget
Toxic Waste and the Environment
The Hole in the Sky
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Radon Occurrence and Health Effects
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Overview of the Mitigation Process
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Screening and Follow-up Measurements (2 parts)
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Indoor Radon Mitigation Methods (2 parts)
Reducing Radon in Structures:
Domestic Water, Radon Measurement
and Control
Reducing Radon in Structures: Performance
Assessment
Radon Protection in New Construction
Protecting Worker Health
Case Study
(CBS-TV News)
(4 tapes)
(NOVA)
(CBS)
(Press Conference)
(Dr. Porter) (C-SPAN)
(NOVA)
09 Nov 86
12 Nov 86
20 Nov 86
11 Dec 86
02 Dec 86
28 Dec 86
05 Jan 87
14 Feb 87
24 Feb 87
27 Jan 87
27 Jan 87
28 Jan 87
28 Jan 87
03 Feb 87
29 Jan 87
Asian Cockroach
(ABC-TV)
18 Mar 87
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Appendix A 281
A Deadly Secret (ABC-TV) 26 Mar 87
Flight Plans: Asian Cockroach (NBC-TV) 27 Mar 87
The Power of Excellence:
The Forgotten Customer (Video Pub. House) 24 Apr 87
Garbage: In Search of a Dumping Ground (ABC-TV) 07 May 87
Garbage: Voyage of a Barge (ABC-TV) 07 May 87
Public Service Recognition 07 May 87
Garbage Barge: Raw Footage of EPA and
Coast Guard Inspection 07 May 87
New Superfund: What It Is, How It Works (6 parts) 06 Mar 87
La Cucaracha: Cockroaches Alf TV Show/Alien Production (NBC-TV) 04 May 87
Garbage Crisis Multimedia (Donahue Show) 27 May 87
Municipal Waste Hearing (C-SPAN) 05 June 87
Title III: Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know (3 parts) 25 June 87
News Excerpts on Pesticides (ABC/NBC News) 23/24 June 87
EPA Senior Executive Forum (Lee Thomas) (8 parts) 24 Feb 87
Interview with Lee Thomas on
International Environmental Issues (WORLDNET) 09 July 87
Press Conference on Volatile
Organic Compounds with Lee Thomas (2 parts) 22 July 87
Press Conference on Chlordane with
Jack Moore 11 Aug 87
News Excerpts on Chlordane (ABC/CBS/WTTG) 11/12 Aug 87
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282
EPA Training Catalogue
The Dangers of the Pesticide Chlordane
Our Land: Endangered
Chemical Emergency Preparedness
Program: Title III
State Revolving Fund: Training Course
Press Conference on Dioxin in the
Paper Industry
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Superfund Implementation Hearing
Hearing on Acid Rain
Clean Air Act Hearing with Lee Thomas
Asbestos in School: Congressional Hearing
Acid Rain Hearing: House Energy and
Commerce Subcommittee
Acid Rain Hearing:
U.S.-Canadian Relations
CFC Film: Make a Dream Come True
CFC Film: Someone Needs You
Ralph Nader Speech from EPA Theater
EPA Day Care Center Opening
Interview with Sheldon Meyers
on Radon Gas
Acid Rain Press Conference
(CBS-West 57th)
(8 parts) (ABC Special Assignment)
(5 parts)
(5 parts)
(CBS/ABC/NBC/CNN)
(C-SPAN)
(C-SPAN)
(2 parts) (C-SPAN)
(C-SPAN)
(C-SPAN)
(C-SPAN)
(1987 Campaign)
(1988 Campaign)
(2 parts)
(WTTG-TV)
(CBS News Nightwatch)
(5 parts)
15Aug87
24Aug-03Sept87
25 Jun 87
18 Aug 87
24 Sept 87
02-28 Sept 87
29 Apr 87
22 Apr 87
22 July 87
03 Aug 87
02 Oct 87
08 Oct 87
16 Oct 86
12 Oct 87
16 July 87
09 Aug 87
02 Sept 87
17 Sept 87
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Appendix A
RCRA/CERCIA Integration:
Video Conference
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Mini-docs
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Economic Case for the Environment
with Dr. John Galbraith
THIS OLD HOUSE: Asbestos Removal
Press Conference on the Ozone Layer
with Lee Thomas
(3 parts)
fWRC/CBS/ABC/NBC/WJLA)
(ABC-TV/Good Morning America)
(PBS-TV)
Asbestos Related Deaths in Manville. N.J. (CBS-TV/West 57th)
Hartz Blockade Flea Spray is
Killing Our Pets
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Lead and Your Drinking Water
Contracting with EPA for
Superfund Removal Cleanups
Crack and Crevice Treatment for
Cockroach Management
America's Wetlands
Wildlife, Wetlands and You
The Duck Story
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Pennsylvania Oil Spill
ABC-TV (20/20)
(NBC/CBS/ABC/CNN-TV News)
30 Second PSA/Supermarket Scene
(5 parts)
(D.O.I.)
(Film Transfer)
Fish & Wildlife Service
(CBS-TV News)
(CBS/ABC/NBC/WRC/WUSA-TV)
283
06 Oct 87
05-16 Oct 87
Unknown
03 Nov 87
12 Nov 87
14 Nov 87
17 Nov 87
21 Nov 87
27 Nov 87
17 Nov-01 Dec 87
1987
12 May 87
Dec 87
13 Jul 87
02-23 Dec 87
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284
EPA Training Catalogue
For Your Family's Sake: Drinking Water (CBN-Cable TV Special)
Failure of the Environmental Effort
with Barry Commoner
EPA's 3rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebration
Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Fuel Spill in Pennsylvania
Off-Air-News Excerpts on
Drinking water and Acid Rain
Off-Air-News Excerpts on Radon Gas
Does It Have To Be This Way?
with Tim Conway
Water Follies
Mount Trashmore
Water
EPA's Youth Awards
R.F.I. Training: Soil Gas Monitoring
with Dr. Thomas Spittler
Sediment Criteria Briefing with
Chris Zarba
Administrative Enforcement with
Walter Mugden Deputy Regional
Counsel, N.Y.
EPA's Criminal Investigation with
Jim Moore Regional Counsel, Seattle
(ABC/CNN/CBS-TV News)
(CNN/CBS/WUSA-TV News)
(NBC/WRC/CBS/WJLA-TV News)
(Transfer-Film #107-032)
(Transfer-Film #107-088)
(Transfer-Film #107-087)
(Transfer-Film #107-083)
(2 parts)
08 Jan 88
12 Jan 88
15 Jan 88
06-07 Jan 88
05-O7 Jan 88
04 Jan-04 Feb 88
1975
1976
1976
1976
1987
Aug87
1987
20 Mar 87
22 Apr 87
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Appendix A
285
Civil Judicial Enforcement with
David Ullrick Regional Counsel,
Chicago
FY 1989 Budget
There Ought to be a Law
Three Waste Water Treatment Titles:
001251 to 001253 Also Sand Filter
Technology
Small-Diameter Effluent Sewers
Planning Waste Water Facilities for
Small Communities
Interview with Dr. John A. Hernandez
EPA Deputy Administrator
People and Toxics
CFC and the Ozone Layer:
Should CFC Be Banned? with
Rafe Pomerance and Kevin Fay
Overview of the U.S. EPA
Overview of the U.S. EPA for New
Employees
New Trial Lawyers with John Hohn
and Ron McCallum
Chemical Pollution in Louisiana
Proposal to Cut Back CFC Production
to Protect the Ozone Layer with
Lee Thomas. EPA Administrator
Press Conference
(Public Service Announcement)
(Izaak Walton League
Make Peace with Nature)
(2 parts) (WNHT-TV Call-in)
CNN-TV (Sonja-Live in L.A.)
(For release to the public)
Fox Broadcasting (Current Affairs)
Press Conference
23 Jul 87
18 Feb 88
Feb88
22 Dec 86
01 Mar 82
26 Apr 79
09 Oct 87
15 Jan 87
1987
1987
06 Jan 88
01 Dec 87
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286
EPA Training Catalogue
Asbestos in Public Buildings:
EPA Study and Recommendation to
Congress with John Moore
Asbestos in Public Buildings: EPA Study
and Recommendation to Congress with
David Kling, HHAB
The Crisis of Failing Bureaucracies with
Michael McCloskey, Chairman
Sierra Club
Radon Watch: Radon Survival Course
Energy or the Environment:
Must We Choose?
Off-Air-News Excerpts
Much Ado About Nothing
with Bruce Ames, Cancer Researcher
Tempest Over Trash and the
Ozone Layer Problem
Aids in the Workplace with Hector Suarez
EPA, N.C.
Depletion of the Ozone Layer and
Acid Rain
Poison and the Pentagon
Complying with the Asbestos
Hazard Emergency Response Act
The Reagan Legacy with Chris DeMuth
President, American Enterprise Institute
Not a Drop to Drink
Conserving America: The Rivers
Press Conference
Press Briefing (2parts)
(WJLA-TV/Washington, D.C.)
29 Feb 88
29 Feb 88
23 Feb 88
12 Mar 88
(WJLA-TV/Washington, D.C.) 13 Mar 88
(WJLA/CBS/ABC/NBC/WRC-TV News) 23 Feb-24 Mar 81
ABC (20/20)
PBS-TV/McNeil-Lehrer
PBS/WETA-TV (World Beat)
PBS/WETA-TV (Frontline)
(AHERA) (An EPA Teleconference)
Source: C.F. Industries, Inc.
(WETA-TV/ Channel 22)
18 Mar 88
25 Mar 88
01 Apr 8
02 Apr 88
05 Apr 88
13 Apr'88
14 Apr 88
Apr 88
04 May 88
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Appendix B
Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor
Region 1
Administrative Forms Preparation
ADP for Managers—An Introduction
Advocacy/Oral Presentation Seminar
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
Asbestos Removals in the Home: What You
Need To Know
CERCLA Orientation
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
dBase III—An Introduction
E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail
Effective Public Relations
Environmental Risk Assessment
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288 EPA Training Catalogue
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
Field Instrumentation for Determination of
Volatile Organic Chemicals In the Environment
Field Techniques for Characterization of
Groundwater Hydrologic Environments
Field Techniques for the Characterization of
Groundwater Hydrologic Environments
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework for Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Geophysical Techniques for Finding Burled
Waste: Techniques and Basic Theory
Giardiasis—Waterborne
Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals, En-
gineers, and Administrative Staff
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs As-
sessment Workshop: Communicating Across
Gender, Race, and Culture in the Workplace
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 289
Introduction to Groundwater Investigations
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Lexitron—An Introduction
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Lunchtlme Training Video Series
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program
Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area Con-
tributing to Production Wells—Recharge Area
Modeling Concepts
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys
New Employee Orientation
New Sources Review/Prevention of
Significant Deterioration Permitting
Regulations for the Construction
of New Sources and Modifications of
Sources of Air Pollution
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants
PC Communicationns—An Introduction
Personal Computer Basics
Personnel Protection and Safety
Procurement under Superfund
Project Officer Training
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290 EPA Training Catalogue
Project Planning and Management of
Geohydrologic Investigations
Publishing and Presenting Technical Articles
and Material
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Safety Refresher Training Course
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
Speechcraft
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Telephone Training
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
WordPerfect—An Introduction
Working (Zenger-Miller)
Region 2
Administrative Forms Preparation
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 291
Alternate Treatment Technologies for Superfund
Waste Sites
Basic Groundwater Concepts
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
CERCLA Orientation
Clear Business Writing
Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage
Tanks
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
Criminal Enforcement
dBase III—An Introduction
dBase III—Intermediate
Dynamics of Team Work
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
Effective Job Interviewing Skills
Effective Listening and Memory Development
Effective People Skills
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
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292 EPA Training Catalogue
Expert Witness Seminar
Financial Planning Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
First Aid in the Home and Office
Focus—An Introduction
Framework for Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Groundwater Management Modeling
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
How To Prepare the SF-182
Initial Health and Safety Certification Training
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters
Interview Techniques
Introduction to Remedial Design Schedule
Management
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Logical Mainframe—An Introduction
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 293
Lotus 1-2-3—Intermediate
Managing Diversity
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Orientation to Quality Assurance Management
OSC/RPM Basic Skills
Personal Computer Basics
Personnel Protection and Safety
Prevention of Sexual Harassment
Project Officer Training
RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
cement Personnel
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
SF-171 Preparation Workshop
SpeechCraft
Stress Management
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294 EPA Training Catalogue
Supervision (Zenger-Mlller)
Technical Writing
Telephone Training
Time Management
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
WordPerfect—An Introduction
Region 3
Accelerated Reading
Acid Rain: An Overview
Administrative Forms Preparation
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Air Toxics
Basic Environmental Toxicology
CERCLA Orientation
Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
sionals
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 295
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
CPR and Emergency-Response First Aid
dBase III Plus—An Introduction
DR Graph
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
Effective Job Interviewing Skills
Effective Writing for Professionals
Environmental Risk Assessment
Environmental Studies Program
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
Fear of Success
First Aid and CPR Training
First Aid In the Home and Office
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Grammar and Punctuation
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
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296 EPA Training Catalogue
Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater
Protection Strategy
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Healthy Back
Human Side of Congressional Affairs
Hydrogeology—An Introduction
IBM Full-Screen Processing—An Introduction
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
ISPF Dialog Manager
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Lexitron—An Introduction
Lexitype
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Management Development for Secretaries
Managing Office Relationships
Mechanisms of Carcinogens
Merit Promotion and Preparing an SF-171
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 297
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
OSC/RPM Basic Skills
PC Graphics—An Overview
Performance Anxiety
Personnel Protection and Safety
Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction
Project Officer Training
Radiation and Radon
Regional Enforcement Seminar
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Safety Orientation for New Employees
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
Science Seminar Program
Spanish Conversation
Supervision and Group Performance
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298 EPA Training Catalogue
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Telephone Training
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective
Region 4
Activated Sludge Process Control
Advanced Supervision of Asbestos-Abatement
Projects
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
Analytical Quality Control
Asbestos Management Planner
Basic Proofreading
Career Management Workshop
CERCLA Orientation
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Compliance Monitoring
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 299
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
dBase III Plus—An Introduction
Dun and Bradstreet Seminar
Environmental Remote Sensing
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Hazardous Waste Site Sampling
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
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300 EPA Training Catalogue
Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing
Materials
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Management of Construction In the Superfund
Program
Multlmate Advantage II—An Introduction
Multlmate Advantage II—Workshop I
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Personnel Protection and Safety
Pesticide Misuse Residue
Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction
Project Officer Training
RCRA Facilities Investigations Guidance Train-
ing
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 301
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Region 5
Advanced Proofreading
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
Basic Groundwater Concepts
Basic Proofreading
Basic Respiratory Protection Training
Career Planning and Development
CERCLA Orientation
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
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302 EPA Training Catalogue
dBase III—Advanced
dBase III—An Introduction
dBase III—An Introduction
Development of Subordinates
Effective Leadership Techniques
Effective Permit Writing Workshop
Effective Public Relations
Emergency First Aid
Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction
Environmental Law—An Introduction
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ergonomic Skills Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager
Workshops I and II
Federally Employed Women National Training
Program
Filing
First Aid and CPR Training
Focus Application Development
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 303
Focus Reporting
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Human Relations Training
IBM Full-Screen Processing—Advanced
IBM Full-Screen Processing—An Introduction
IBM Job Control Language—An Introduction
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Interview Techniques
Introduction to Quality Assurance, Quality Con-
trol, and Chain of Custody
Introduction to Wetlands
ISPF Dialog Manager
ISPF for IBM Users
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Laboratory Safety Training
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304 EPA Training Catalogue
Leading Meetings
Lotus 1-2-3—Advanced
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Making of a Leader
McGraw-Hill Supervision Series
Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training
Negotiation Skills
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
PCs for Executives
Personal Computer Basics
Personnel Management for EEO Staff
Personnel Management for EEO Staff
Personnel Protection and Safety
Prime Text
Procurement under Superfund—An Introduction
Professionalism in the Office
Program Evaluation Techniques
Project Officer Training
RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 305
Reading Comprehension
Records Disposition
Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
troduction
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Report Planning and Review Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO
Safety in the Field
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
Supervisory Personnel Management Workshop
Telephone Training
Time Management
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
TSO for Full-Screen Users
TSO for Non-Full Screen Users
TSO/ISPF for Programmers—An Introduction
WordPerfect—An Introduction
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Writing Command Lists (CLists)
Region 6
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
CERCLA Orientation
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
Environmental Law—An Introduction
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
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Appendix B—Listing of Courses by Location/Sponsor 307
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at Superfund Sites
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program
Negotiation Skills
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
OSC/RPM Basic Skills
Personnel Protection and Safety
Project Officer Training
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Retirement Planning Seminar
Risk and Decision-Making
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Timekeeping
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Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Working (Zenger-Miller)
Region 7
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
CERCLA Orientation
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers. Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mall
Electronic Mall—Advanced
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
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Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Negotiation Skills
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Personally and Professionally Speaking
Personnel Protection and Safety
Project Officer Training
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
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Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Region 8
Career Management Workshop
CERCLA Orientation
Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Keys to Managerial Excellence
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New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Personnel Protection and Safety
Project Officer Training
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Region 9
Air Management Division Lecture Series
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Air Toxics—An Introduction
Alternate Dispute-Resolution Techniques
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
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AutoCad for Computer Graphics
AutoCad Version 9 Update
Better Office Skills and Services
Career Management Workshop
CERCLA Orientation
Clerical Skills Review
Compliance Monitoring
Congressional/State Liaison Workshop
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
Correspondence Formats and Procedures
Creative Problem-Solving
dBase III Lab
dBase III—Advanced
dBase III—An Introduction
Disaster Response Training
E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail
Earthquake Preparedness Training
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
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Environmental Data Bases—An Introduction
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
Financial Planning Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Frontline Leadership
Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Groundwater Management Modeling
Hazardous Materials Incident Response Opera-
tions
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA)
Initial Health and Safety Certification Training
Job Analysis Process
Keys to Managerial Excellence
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Laptops for Managers
Lotus 1-2-3 Lab
Lotus 1-2-3 Macros
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Management of Construction In the Superfund
Program
Media Relations Workshop
Minority/Women's Business Enterprise
(M/WBE) Workshop
Negotiation Skills
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Orientation to Schedule B
OSC/RPM Basic Skills
PCs for Executives
Performance Management System (PMS)
Personnel Protection and Safely
Presentation Graphics
Principles of Groundwater
Procurement under Superfund~An Introduction
Project Officer Training
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RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
cement Personnel
Recertification Health and Safety Training
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Workshop
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
SF-171 Preparation Workshop
Strengthening the Audit Management Ability of
EPA Managers
Stress Management
Summer Employment Briefing
Superfund Workshop for Managers
Supervisory Orientation Program
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists, and
Technicians
3270-Type Communications for PCs and Telex
Terminals
Timekeeping
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Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Water Management Division Lecture Series
Wordstar 2000 Basics
Wordstar 2000 for Managers
Wordstar 2000 for New Users
Wordstar 2000 Lab
Wordstar 2000—Intermediate
Working (Zenger-Miller)
Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites
Region 10
Administrative Hearings/Trials
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
Annual Hazardous Waste Law and Management
Symposium
Basic Proofreading
Basic Respiratory Protection Training
Better Office Skills and Services
CERCLA Orientation
Characteristics of Success
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Community Relations in Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
dBase III Plus—An Introduction
E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail
Electronic Mail—Advanced
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Hands-On Basic Wang Training, Parts I and II
Hazardous Materials Incident Response Opera-
tions
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Materials Response Planning and
Operations Course
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Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Health and Safety Orientation
How To Prepare an SF-182
IBM ISPF/TSO/SDSF—An Introduction
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program
Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving Training
Multimate
Negotiation Skills
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant to Subpoena
or Similar Process or Demand
Office Management
Other People Aren't Like Me. Why? (Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator)
PC Communications—An Introduction
PC Graphics—An Overview
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Personnel Information Series
Personnel Protection and Safety
Planning for Career Advancement
Professionalism in the Office
Project Officer Training
Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor
Refresher Respiratory Protection Training
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Risk Assessment in Superfund
Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO
Safety Orientation for New Employees
Safety Refresher Training Course
Sampling for Hazardous Materials
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
Training
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
Stress Management
Summer Wellness Lecture Series
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Talking with the Press
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Telephone Training
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Wang Advanced Functions and Utilities
Wang Basics on Video, Parts I and II
Wang Coordinator
Wang Glossary
Wang Logon/WP Plus Access to Conference
Room Schedule
Wang Networking/Printing Systems
Wang Software Options
Wang's Standard Editor vs. WP PLUS Editor
Wordstar
WP PLUS-Advanced
WP PLUS-An Introduction to Wang's New OIS
Editor
WP PLUS--Intermediate
Writing Effective Letters
Ann Arbor
Career Management Workshop
CERCLA Orientation
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Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Development of Subordinates
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Keys to Managerial Excellence
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Personnel Protection and Safety
Project Officer Training
Response Safety Decision-Making
Retirement Planning Seminar
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Risk and Decision-Making
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Technical Writing
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Cincinnati
Applied Statistics
Biotechnology Seminars
Black History Month Seminar
Career Checkup
CERCLA Orientation
Certified Professional Secretaries (CPS) Program
Chemodynamics
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
CPR
dBase III Plus—An Introduction
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Dynamics of Team Work
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
Effective People Skills
EPA Institute Instructor Training
EPA-University of Cincinnati Seminars on the
Environment
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
Financial Planning Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Handicapped/Veterans Employment Seminar
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Health Awareness and Education Seminar
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Laboratory Safety Training
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Multimedia First Aid
New Employee Orientation
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1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Ordering Officers
Personal Computer Basics
Personnel Protection and Safety
Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series
Project Officer Training
Project Officer Training for Grants and Coopera-
tive Agreements
Response Safety Decision-Making
Retirement Planning Seminar
Risk and Decision-Making
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Technical Writing
Telephone Training
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Women's Week Programs
Los Vegas
CERCLA Orientation
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Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
EEO Coordinators Training
EEO Training for Counselors
EEO Training for Employees
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Witness Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Keys to Managerial Excellence
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Personnel Protection and Safety
Prevention of Sexual Harassment
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Project Officer Training
Response Safety Decision-Making
Risk and Decision-Making
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Working (Zenger-Miller)
Research Triangle Park
Accelerated Reading
ADP—An Introduction
Better Office Skills and Services
CERCLA Orientation
Congressional Briefing Conference for
Secretaries and Support Staff
Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
sionals
Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
CPR
Creative Problem-Solving
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dBase III Labels
dBase III—An Introduction
dBase III—Intermediate
E-Mail—Introduction to Electronic Mail
Economics and Public Policy
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills
Effective Job Interviewing Skills
Effective Listening and Memory Development
Electronic Mail—Advanced
Environmental Risk Assessment
EPA Institute Instructor Training
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Executive Development Seminar
Expert Witness Seminar
Federal Personnel Management Issues
Federal Program Management
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
Freelance—An Introduction
Graphwriter
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Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
High-Speed File Transfer
Interpersonal Communications
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Labor Relations Briefing
Laser Printing
Leadership and Women
Lotus 1-2-3—An Introduction
Lotus 1-2-3—Intermediate
Lotus Regression
Mailmerge
Management Development Seminar
Management of National Resources
Management of Scientific and Engineering Per-
sonnel
Managerial Decision-Making
Managing Office Relationships
Middle Manager Seminar
National Security Policy
New Employee Orientation
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1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Office Productivity
PC Communications—An Introduction
PC DOS
Personal Computer Basics
Performance Appraisal Techniques
Personnel Management for EEO Staff
Personnel Management for EEO Staff
Personnel Management for Management
Personnel Protection and Safety
Pre-Action Investigations
Project Management for the Scientist and En-
gineer
Project Officer Training
Regulatory Policy Seminar
Report Writing
Response Safety Decision-Making
Retirement Planning Seminar
Risk and Decision-Making
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
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Secretarial Decision-Making
Seminar for New Managers
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Supervision—An Introduction
Technical Managers Program
Technical Writing
Telephone Training
Timekeeping
Toward Excellence
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Understanding Supervision
United States Foreign Policy
Writing Effective Letters
APT!
Advanced Inspection Techniques
Air Pollution Control Orientation Course (3rd
Edition)
Air Pollution Control Systems for Selected In-
dustries
Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application
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Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Fundamental
Concepts
Air Pollution Field Enforcement
Air Pollution Microscopy
Air Toxics—An Introduction
Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction (2nd
Edition)
Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards
Atmospheric Sampling
Baghouse Plan Review
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—An In-
troduction
Basic Air Pollution Meteorology
Boiler Operation—An Introduction
Chain-of-Custody Procedures for Samples and
Data
Combustion Evaluation
Control of Gaseous Emissions
Control of Particulate Emissions
Controlling VOC Emissions from Leaking
Process Equipment
Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused by Air Pol-
lution
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Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction
Effective Permit Writing Workshop
Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise
Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review
Environmental Statistics—An Introduction
Fugitive VOC Leak Detection
Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting and
Analysis
General Quality Assurance Considerations for
Ambient Air Monitoring
Hazardous Waste Calculations
Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop
Hazardous Waste Incineration
Inspection Procedures and Safety
Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent Metal-
Cleaning (Degreasing) Operations
Measuring the Emission of Organic Compounds
to the Atmosphere
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Antitampering
and Misfueling
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Diagnosis and
Repair
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—Quality As-
surance for I/M Programs
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New Source Performance Standards: Surface-
Coating Operations
Overview of PSD Regulations
Principles and Practice of Air Pollution Control
Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous and
Particulate Emissions
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution Measure-
ment Systems
Quality Assurance for Source Emission
Measurements
Reference and Automated Equivalent Measure-
ment Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring
Site Selection for Monitoring of Photochemical
Pollutants and CO in Ambient Air
Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2 and TSP in
Ambient Air
Site-Specific Source Monitoring and Evaluation
for Air Toxics
Source Receptor Modeling Workshop
Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction
Source Sampling and Analysis of Gaseous Pol-
lutants
Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants
Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2 through
5
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Sources and Control of Volatile Organic Air Pol-
lutants
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Air
Toxics Monitoring Data
Statistical Evaluation Methods for Air Pollution
Data
Transmissometer Systems—Operation and
Maintenance
Wet Scrubber Plan Review
Headquarters Institute
Administrative Hearings/Trials
Basic Proofreading
Basic Writing and Grammar for Secretaries and
Support Staff
Be a Better Writer
Career Management Workshop
CERCLA Orientation
Clear Business Writing
Congressional Briefing Conference for Profes-
sionals
Congressional Briefing Conference for
Secretaries and Support Staff
Consensual Approaches to Environmental
Management
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Contract Administration Training for Project Of-
ficers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery
Order Officers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Contract Administration Training for Super-
visors and Managers
Control Measures of CO, Oa, and NOx
Course Design
CPR
Data Quality Objectives
DATAHEALTH—Ergonomlc Training for VDT
Operators
Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA
Programs and Contracts
Drafting Effective Regulations
Effective Listening and Memory Development
Environmental Movies and Broadcasts
EPA Institute Instructor Training
EPA Trial Advocacy Institute
Epidemiology
Ethics and Conflict of Interest
Expert Systems
Expert Witness Seminar
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Federal Register
Financial Planning Seminar
First Aid and CPR Training
Framework of Supervision
Freedom of Information Act Training
FreshStart
Funds Certifying Officer Training
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction
Groundwater Modeling for Managers
Hazard Communication
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Hazardous Waste Management
How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Job
Human Exposure Seminars
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Interpersonal Communications
Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters
Keys to Managerial Excellence
Leadership and Women
Manager and Supervisor as Editor
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Managing Conflict Productivity
Managing for Results
Managing Office Relationships
Negotiation Skills
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys
New Employee Orientation
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Core Briefing
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines Managers
Seminar
Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries and
Support Staff
Office Management
Office Procedures Workshop for Secretaries and
Support Staff
Orientation to Quality Assurance Management
Personnel Protection and Safety
Professionalism in the Office
Project Management for the Scientist and En-
gineer
Project Officer Training
Project Officer Training for Grants and Coopera-
tive Agreements
Radiation and Radon
Regulation Development in EPA
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Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
troduction
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
Workshop
Report Planning and Review Workshop
Report Writing
Response Safety Decision-Making
Retirement Planning Seminar
Risk and Decision-Making
Risky Decisions
Secretary and the Supervisor
Situational Leadership: The Other 59 Minutes
SpeechCraft
Statistics for Managers
Stress Management
Supervision (Zenger-Miller)
Supervisory Training for Secretaries and Ad-
ministrative Assistants
Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Three P's of Briefing: Presentation, Polish, and
Persuasion (Level I)
Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Game (Level H)
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Time Management
Timekeeping
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Transport and Fate of Contaminants In the Sub-
surface
Travel (Lodgings-Plus)
Understanding Supervision
Your Image—Making the Most of You
OSWER
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Super-
fund Waste Sites
Assessment and Management of Drinking Water
Contamination
CERCLA Orientation
CERCLIS Enforcement Overview
Community Relations In Superfund: Concepts
and Skills
Construction Management Evaluation
Customized CERCLIS Reporting
Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations
Hazard Ranking System
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies and
Their Application at
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Superfund Sites
Citizen Participation by Objectives
Compliance Strategy for Underground Storage
Tanks
Construction of RCRA Groundwater Monitoring
Wells
Corrective Action: Technologies and Alternatives
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design
Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods and
Procedures
Incinerator Permitting
Laboratory Compliance with RCRA
Land Disposal Restriction Program Implementa-
tion
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program
OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training
OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop
Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Search
Workshop
Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigations
Public Involvement Training
RCRA Facilities Investigation Guidance Training
RCRA Facility Assessment
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RCRA Groundwater Monitoring: Use of the
TEGD and COG
RCRA Inspector Training
RCRA Orientation Training for Permitting/Enfor-
cement Personnel
RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives to Hazar-
dous Waste Landfills
Remedial Design Schedule Management—An In-
troduction
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
Workshop
SARA Title III Information Management
Workshops
Skills Development in Negotiation of
CERCLA/RCRA Disputes
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives
Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement
Analysis System
Superfund Public Health Evaluation
Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Sub-
surface
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INDEX
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Index
A
Accelerated Reading 131
Acid Rain: An Overview 25
Activated Sludge Process Control 63
ADA Basic Groundwater Course 83
Administration of Public Policy 179
Administrative Forms Preparation 159
Administrative Hearings/Trials 95
Administrative Procedures
for Small Purchase Procurement 233
Advanced Inspection Techniques 95
Advanced Management Seminar 179
Advanced Proofreading 159
Advanced Supervision of Asbestos
Abatement Projects (Annual Update Course) 37
Advocacy/ Oral Presentation Seminar 213
Air Management Division Lecture Series 7
Air Pollution Control Orientation
Course (3rd Edition) 259
Air Pollution Control Systems for
Selected Industries 259
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Air Pollution Dispersion Models—Application 7
Air Pollution Dispersion Models-
Fundamental Concepts 8
Air Pollution Field Enforcement 96
Air Pollution Microscopy 8
Air Surveillance for Hazardous Materials 37
Air Toxics 8
Air Toxics—An Introduction 9
Air Toxics Workshops 9
Alternate Dispute Resolution Techniques 96
Alternative Treatment Technologies
for Superfund Waste Sites 63
Ambient Air Monitoring—An Introduction
(2nd Edition) 260
Analytical Methods for Air Quality Standards 9
Analytical Quality Control 47, 83
Annual Hazardous Waste Law
andManagement Symposium 97
Applied Statistics 25
Asbestos Management Planner 38
Asbestos Removal in the Home:
What You Need To Know 131
Assessment and Management
of Drinking Water Contamination 83
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Atmospheric Sampling 10
B
Baghouse Plan Review 260
Baseline Source Inspection Techniques—
An Introduction 97
Basic Air Pollution Meteorology 260
Basic Environmental Toxicology 26
Basic Groundwater Concepts 84
Basic Inspector Training Course 98
Basic Introductory Courses 247
Basic Labor Relations 180
Basic Management Techniques 180
Basic Procurement 233
Basic Proofreading 159
Basic Respiratory Protection Training 115
Basic Writing and Grammar
for Secretaries and Support Staff 160
Basics of Program/Project Management 181
Be a Better Writer 213
Better Office Skills and Services 160
Bioremediation of Hazardous Waste Sites 64
Biotechnology Seminars 26
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Black History Month Seminar 132
Boiler Operation—An Introduction 261
Budget Process 233
c
Cardlo-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 115
Career Checkup 132
Career Development for Secretarial
and Support Staff 132. 161
Career Management Workshop 133
Career Planning and Development 133
CERCLA Orientation 64
CERCLIS Enforcement Overview 65
Certified Professional Secretaries
(CPS) Program 161
Chain-of-Custody Procedures
for Samples and Data 270
Characteristics of Success 134
Chemodynamics 26
Citizen Participation by Objectives 214
Clear Business Writing 214
Clerical Skills Review 161
Combustion Evaluation 10
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Index 349
Community Relations In Superfund:
Concepts and Skills 215
Compliance Monitoring 98
Compliance Strategy for Underground
Storage Tanks 27
Congressional Briefing Conference
for Professionals 181
Congressional Briefing Conference
for Secretaries and Support Staff 162
Congressional/State Liaison Workshop 215
Consensual Approaches to Environmental
Management 182
Construction Management Evaluation 182
Construction of RCRA Groundwater
Monitoring Wells 271
Contract Administration Training
forProject Officers, Work Assignment
Managers, and Delivery Order Officers 234
Contract Administration Training
forSupervisors and Managers 235
Control Measures for CO, Oa, and NOX 11
Control of Gaseous Emissions 11
Control of Particulate Emissions 12
Controlling VOC Emissions from
Leaking Process Equipment 261, 274
Corrective Action:
Technologies and Alternatives 65
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Correspondence Formats and Procedures 162
Course Design 134
CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) 134
CPR and Emergency Response First Aid 135
Creative Problem Solving 135
Criminal Enforcement 99
Current Issues Seminars 183
Customized CERCLIS Reporting 66
D
Data Quality Objectives 47
Databases 248
DATAHEALTH—Ergonomic Training
for VDT Operators 135
Dealing with Sexual Harassment:
A Briefing for Supervisors and Managers 183
Detecting and Preventing Fraud in EPA
Programs and Contracts 235
Development of Subordinates 184
Diagnosing Vegetation Injury Caused
by Air Pollution 262
Disaster Response Training 115
Dispersion Modeling—An Introduction 262
Drafting Effective Regulations 99
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Index 351
Dun and Bradstreet Seminar 100
Dynamics of Team Work 184
E
Earthquake Preparedness Briefing 116
Economics and Public Policy 185
EEO Coordinators Training 136
EEO Training for Counselors 136
EEO Training for Employees 137
Effective Briefing and Presentation Skills 215
Effective Job Interviewing Skills
for Support Staff 162
Effective Leadership Techniques 185
Effective Listening
and Memory Development 137
Effective People Skills 138
Effective Permit Writing Workshop 100
Effective Public Relations 216
Effective Stack Height/Plume Rise 262
Effective Writing for Professionals 216
Electronic Spreadsheets 248
Electrostatic Precipitator Plan Review 263
Emergency First Aid 116
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Environmental Data Bases—
An Introduction 27
Environmental Law—An Introduction 100
Environmental Movies and Broadcasts 217
Environmental Radon 12
Environmental Remote Sensing 66
Environmental Risk Assessment 55
Environmental Statistics—An Introduction 269
Environmental Studies Program 163
EPA Institute Instructor Training 138
EPA Trial Advocacy Institute 101
EPA-University of Cincinnati Seminars
on the Environment 28
EPA's External Communications:Dealing-
Effectively with Outside Constituencies 217
Epidemiology 28
Ergonomic Skills Training 138
Ethics and Conflict of Interest 101
Executive Development Seminar 186
Expert Systems 28
Expert Witness Seminar 102
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Fear of Success 139
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
(FMFIA) 236
Federal Personnel Management Issues 186
Federal Program Management 187
Federal Register 102
Federal Women's Program (FWP) Manager
Workshops I and II 187
Federally Employed Women
National Training Program 139
Field Instrumentation for Determination
of Volatile Organic Chemicals in the
Environment 29
Field Techniques for Characterization of
Groundwater Hydrologic Environments 271
Filing 163
Financial Planning Seminar 140
First Aid and CPR Training 116
First Aid in the Home and Office 141
Framework for Supervision 188
Freedom of Information Act Training 103
FreshStart 141
Frontline Leadership 188
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Fugitive VOC Leak Detection 13
Fundamentals of Effective Permit Drafting
and Analysis 263
Funds Certifying Officer Training 236
General Quality AssuranceConsiderations
for Ambient Air Monitoring 48, 264
Geophysical Techniques for Finding Buried
Waste: Techniques and Basic Theory 66
Geophysics for Hazardous Site Investigations 67
Giardiasis—Waterborne 84
Grammar and Punctuation 141
Grammar of Clarity: Writing for Clericals,
Engineers, and Administrative Staff 142
Grammar: The Written and Spoken Word 142
Graphics 248
Groundwater Geochemistry—An Introduction 85
Groundwater Investigations—An Introduction 85
Groundwater Management Modeling 86
Groundwater Modeling for Managers 86
Groundwater Orientation and Groundwater
Protection Strategy 86
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H
Handicapped/Veterans Employment
Seminar 189
Hazard Communication 117
Hazard Ranking System 67
Hazardous Materials Cleanup Technologies
and Their Application at Superfund Sites 68
Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning 38
Hazardous Materials Incident Response
Operations 39
Hazardous Materials Response for First
Responders 39
Hazardous Materials Response Planning
and Operations Course 40
Hazardous Waste Calculations 68, 264
Hazardous Waste Calculations Workshop 13
Hazardous Waste Incineration 13, 68
Hazardous Waste Landfill Design 68
Hazardous Waste Management 69
Hazardous Waste Minimization Methods
and Procedures 69
Hazardous Waste Site Sampling 70
Health and Safety Orientation 117
Health Awareness and Education Seminar 143
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Healthy Back 143
How To Get Control of Your Time
and Your Job 143
How To Prepare the SF-182 164
Human Exposure Seminars 29
Human Relations Training 189
Human Resources/Affirmative Action Needs-
Assessment Workshops: Communicating
Across Gender, Race, and Culture in the
Workplace 218
Human Side of Congressional Affairs 218
Hydrogeology—An Introduction 87
I
Incident Mitigation and Treatment Methods 40
Incinerator Permitting 104
Information Exchange Seminar (USGS-EPA) 30
Initial Health and Safety Certification
Training 118
Inspecting Buildings for Asbestos-Containing
Materials 41
Inspection Procedures and Safety 118
Inspection Procedures for Organic Solvent
Metal Cleaning (Degreaslng) Operations 274
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) 55
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Internal Audit Survey Process 237
Interpersonal Communications 144
Interview Skills Workshop for Recruiters 189
Interview Techniques 190
J
Job Analysis Process 190
K
Keys to Managerial Excellence 191
L
Labor Relations Briefings 191
Laboratory Compliance with RCRA 274
Laboratory Safety Training 118
Land Disposal Restriction Program
Implementation 70
Leadership and Women 144
Leading Meetings 218
Local Area Network (LAN) Courses 252
Lunchtime Training Video Series 145
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Mainframe Courses 251
Making of a Leader 164
Management Development for Secretaries 164
Management Development Seminar 191
Management of Construction in the Superfund
Program 192
Management of Natural Resources 193
Management of Scientific and Engineering
Personnel 193
Manager and Supervisor as Editor 193, 219
Managerial Decision-Making 194
Managing Conflict Productively 194
Managing Diversity 195
Managing for Results 195
Managing Office Relationships 165
McGraw-Hill Supervision Series 196
Measuring the Emission of Organic
Compounds to the Atmosphere 264
Mechanisms of Carcinogens
(Genetic Toxicology) 30
Media Relations Workshop 219
Merit Promotion and Preparing an Effective
SF-171 145
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Microcomputers/Word Processors 247
Middle Manager Seminar 196
Minicomputer Courses 250
Minority/Women's Business Enterprise
(M/WBE) Workshop 196
Modeling To Determine the Aquifer Area
Contributing Water to Production Wells-
Recharge Area Modeling Concepts 272
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
Antitampering and Misfueling 14
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
Diagnosis and Repair 15
Motor Vehicle Emissions Control—
Quality Assurance for I/M Programs 15, 48
Motor Vehicle Safety/Defensive Driving
Training 119
Multimedia First Aid 119, 145
N
National Security Policy 146
Negotiation Skills 220
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys 104
New Employee Orientation 146
New Source Performance Standards:
Surface Coating Operations 265
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New Sources Review/Prevention
of Significant Deterioration Permitting
Regulations for the Construction of New Sour-
ces and Modifications of Sources
of Air Pollution 105
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines
Core Briefing 56
1986 Risk Assessment Guidelines
Manager's Seminar 56
Nonpublic Investigations Pursuant
to Subpoena or Similar Process or Demand 105
Office Automation Concepts for Secretaries
and Support Staff 165
Office Management 166
Office Procedures Workshop
for Support Staff 166
Office Productivity 167
Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants 272
Ordering Officers 237
Organics 87
Orientation to Quality Assurance
Management 48
Orientation to Schedule B 197
OSC/RPM Basic Skills Training 71
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Other People Aren't Like Me. Why?
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) 146
Overview of PSD Regulations 275
OWPE Corrective Action Order Workshop 106
P
Performance Anxiety 147
Performance Appraisal Techniques 197
Performance Management and Recognition
System (PMRS) 198
Performance Management System (PMS) 198
Personal Property Management 238
Personally and Professionally Speaking 220
Personnel Information Series 147
Personnel Management for EEO Staff 148
Personnel Management for Management 198
Personnel Protection and Safety 119
Personnel Supervisory Seminar Series 199
Pesticide Misuse Residue Analysis 41
Planning for Career Advancement 148
Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP)
Search Workshop 106
Pre-Action Investigations 148
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Prellmlnaiy Assessment/Site Investigations
(PA/SI) 71
Prevention of Sexual Harassment 149
Principles and Practice of Air Pollution
Control 16
Principles of Groundwater 88
Problem Workbook for Control of Gaseous
and Particulate Emissions 265
Procurement under Superfund—
An Introduction 238
Professionalism in the Office 167
Program Evaluation Techniques 149
Project Management 199
Project Management for the Scientist
and Engineer 200
Project Officer Training 239
Project Officer Training for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements 239
Project Planning and Management
of Geohydrologic Investigations 275
Proofreading: Your Role as Writer/Editor 221
Public Involvement Training 221
Publishing and Presenting Technical
Articles and Material 222
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Q
Quality Assurance for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems 16, 49
Quality Assurance for Source Emission
Measurements 49,266
Quality Assurance, Quality Control.
and Chain of Custody—An Introduction 49
R
Radiation and Radon 17
RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI) Guidance
Training 107
RCRA Facility Assessment 72
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring:
Use of the TEGD and COG 73, 88
RCRA Inspector Training 107
RCRA Orientation Training for
Permitting/Enforcement Personnel 73, 107
RCRA/CERCLA Treatment Alternatives
to Hazardous Waste Landfills 72
Reading Comprehension 168
Recertification Health and Safety Training 120
Records Disposition 168
Reference and Automated Equivalent
Measurement Methods for Ambient Air
Monitoring 266
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Refresher Respiratory Protection Training 120
Regional Enforcement Seminar 109
Regional Workshop In Contracts
and IAG Administration 240
Regulation Development In EPA 108
Regulatory Policy Seminar 201
Remedial Design Schedule Management—
An Introduction 74
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
(RI/FS) Workshop 74
Report Planning and Review Workshop 222
Report Writing 223
Response Safety Decision-Making 120
Retirement Planning Seminar 150
Risk and Decision-Making 57
Risk Assessment In Superfund 57
Risky Decisions 58
Role of Supervisors and Managers in EEO 201
s
Safety in the Field 121
Safety Orientation for New Employees 121
Safety Refresher Training Course 122
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Sampling for Hazardous Materials 42
SARA Title III Information Management
Workshops 75
Science Seminar Program 31
Science. Technology, and Public Policy 202
Secretarial Decision-Making 168
Secretary and the Supervisor 169
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
(SCBA) Training 122
Seminar for New Managers 202
Sexual Harassment Update 150
SF-171 Preparation Workshop 150
Site Selection for Monitoring
of Photochemical Pollutants and CO
in Ambient Air 267
Site Selection for Monitoring of SO2
and TSP In Ambient Air 267
Site-Specific Source Monitoring
and Evaluation for Air Toxics 17
Situational Leadership:
The Other 59 Minutes 203
Skills Development in Negotiation
of CERCLA/RCRA Disputes 75, 109
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives 75
Source Receptor Modeling—An Introduction 267
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Source Receptor Modeling Workshop 18
Source Sampling and Analysis
of Gaseous Pollutants 18
Source Sampling for Particulate Pollutants 19
Source Sampling Programs for Programmable
Calculators—EPA Reference Methods 2
through 5 268
Sources and Control of Volatile Organic
Air Pollutants 17
Spanish Conversation 151
Special Emphasis Program Managers
Training 203
Speechcraft 223
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation
of Air Toxics Monitoring Data 19
Statistical Evaluation Methods
for Air Pollution Data 20
Statistics for Managers 31, 204
Strengthening the Audit Management
Ability of EPA Managers 240
Stress Management 151
Summer Employment Briefing 204
Summer Wellness Lecture Series 151
Superfund Enforcement Case Settlement
Analysis System 110
Superfund Public Health Evaluation 76
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Superfund Response Agreements Training 241
Superfund Workshop for Managers 122
Supervision—An Introduction 204
Supervision and Group Performance 205
Supervision (Zenger-Miller) 205
Supervisory Orientation Program 205
Supervisory Personnel Management
Workshop 206
Supervisory Training for Secretaries
and Administrative Assistants 169
Survival Skills for Secretarial Staff 170
Systematic Development
of Informed Consent 224
T
Talking with the Press 224
Tax Reform Act of 1986 152
Technical Managers Program 206
Technical Writing 225
Technical Writing for Engineers, Scientists,
and Technicians 225
Telephone Training 170
Three P's of Briefing: Presentation,
Polish, and Persuasion (Level I) 225
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Three P's of Briefing: The Inner Game
(Level II) 226
Time Management 152
Timekeeping 171
Toward Excellence 207
Transmissometer Systems—Operation
and Maintenance 268
Transport and Fate of Contaminants
in the Subsurface 88
Travel (Lodgings-Plus) 171
u
Understanding Supervision 207
United States Foreign Policy 208
w
Water Management Division Lecture Series 88
Wet Scrubber Plan Review 269
Wetland Ecology from an EPA Perspective 89
Wetlands—An Introduction 89
Women's Week Programs 153
Word Processing 249
Working (Zenger-Miller) 153
Workshop for Workers at Superfund Sites 123
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Writing Effective Letters 227
Writing Press Releases 227
Y
Your Image—Making the Most of You 153
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